GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — On Tuesday evening, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican, and U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, shall be debating as they vie for the seat that U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow is vacating when she retires on the finish of this time period.
A September Emerson ballot confirmed Slotkin main in that race, with 47% of these surveyed saying they’d vote for her and 42% saying they’d vote for Rogers. That’s a five-point distinction, exterior the margin of error. Eleven % mentioned they had been undecided. The final Emerson ballot in August confirmed related outcomes: It had Slotkin main Rogers by six factors.
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Once they received their events’ nominations in August, Rogers and Slotkin addressed supporters and reaffirmed their guarantees to voters.
“There’s more common sense in a Michigan diner than all the committee rooms in Washington, D.C.,” Rogers mentioned at a outcomes watch social gathering close to Lake Orion on the southeastern facet of the state. “And here’s what they tell us: They just want normal. They want their border closed. They want their communities safe. They want the drug trade stopped. They want crime in their communities down. They want their paycheck to go (to) the end of the month so they can afford groceries the next month.”
He promised to assist households, manufacturing unit staff, cops and the navy.
“The contrast between us (Slotkin and Rogers) could not be clearer. Quite simply, this election will come between a choice of service to country or service to self,” Slotkin mentioned at her election watch social gathering in Detroit.
She promised to guard and broaden the center class, carry down the price of housing, youngster care and well being care, enhance home manufacturing, fight gun violence, and shield abortion rights.
The pair will battle head-to-head for Debate Evening in Michigan as voters determine who to forged their ballots for. The talk will air at 7 p.m. on WOOD TV8 and stream on woodtv.com. It can additionally simulcast throughout the nation on NewsNation, the nationwide cable information community of WOOD TV8’s company proprietor Nexstar Media, and be carried on stations throughout Michigan.
The subjects mentioned will embody totally different points just like the financial system, immigration, electrical automobile factories and extra.
WHAT HAVE THEY PREVIOUSLY SAID?
ECONOMY
Rogers has mentioned he would concentrate on wasteful authorities spending.
“That money that Washington, D.C. is pouring into the economy is driving up your food prices, it’s driving up your gas prices, it’s driving up interest rates so your kids can’t buy a home,” Rogers beforehand mentioned. “Think of this just on the immigration piece; $450 billion to give food, room and board, credit card (and) phones to illegals. You can get rid of that money. That would pay for every Michigan state trooper and every teacher in Michigan for 15 years. That part’s got to end.”
Slotkin has mentioned that she would proceed attacking the prices which can be “disproportionately high.”
“The prices are too high on lots of things. Groceries, gas, but also, I mean, the big one that we’ve been attacking is prescription drug pricing,” Slotkin beforehand mentioned. “We’ve worked really hard to bring down the price of insulin for instance to $35 for Medicare patients, allowing Medicare to negotiate for drug prices like Costco. So, to me, going after those big chunks in our budget, particularly health care, prescription drugs, housing has become huge for people, child care, often left off the table, and then postsecondary education. The big blocks that people care about when they’re trying to stay in or achieve that middle-class life, those are the ones that, to me, I attack first, and we’ve been attacking certainly on prescription drug pricing.”
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IMMIGRATION
“I don’t think there’s massive disagreement — or there shouldn’t be — that our immigration system is broken,” Slotkin beforehand advised Information 8. “It doesn’t work for anyone: employers, immigrants, our border forces.”
“No one’s proud of what’s going on on the southern border, or they shouldn’t be, and everybody’s got some blame in this: Democrats, Republicans, White House, Congress, and anyone who tries to say, ‘It’s just their fault,’ isn’t a serious person,” she continued.
She known as for a “comprehensive approach” to immigration coverage, saying a piecemeal method of government orders isn’t efficient.
“Rational people should get in a room for 45 minutes without Twitter and be able to solve this, and that’s what was happening,” she mentioned, citing a earlier bipartisan group of lawmakers tackling the difficulty and blaming former President Donald Trump for stymieing their effort.
“You’ve got to let Democrats and Republicans work and compromise for the good of the nation,” Slotkin mentioned.
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Rogers beforehand mentioned the issue is about greater than individuals crossing the border: He blamed President Joe Biden’s immigration insurance policies, saying they had been a sign to those who the U.S. was not holding a safe border.
“(Illegal immigration) numbers were kind of bumping along the bottom and just skyrocketed because you took away the two biggest tools that Customs and Border Patrol had,” Rogers mentioned.
He known as for the reinstatement of the Stay in Mexico coverage and deporting individuals who enter the U.S. illegally and don’t qualify for packages to remain.
“If you don’t get that law and order piece back to immigration, you’re going to still have these huge problems,” Rogers mentioned, reiterating a Trump marketing campaign narrative that individuals who enter the U.S. illegally are liable for an increase in crime.
“No illegal crossings should be OK. That should be our standard,” Rogers continued.
EV FACTORIES
The rise in electrical automobile crops within the state has brought on a divide amongst Michiganders. In Inexperienced Constitution Township close to Massive Rapids, Gotion, a China-based firm, is planning to construct a $2 billion electrical automobile battery part plant. There’s native resistance, with some residents saying they’re anxious that the corporate has ties to the Chinese language Communist Occasion. That led to voters recalling 5 Inexperienced Township board members final yr and changing them with individuals who oppose the plant.
Rogers is among the many anti-Gotion crowd and feels the plant is being pressured on communities that do not need it.
“That’s Washington D.C., that’s Lansing, that’s Democrats saying we’re going to force this down your throat, we’re going to force you to buy this car, we’re going to force the companies to build this car, and we’re going to force this community take a battery factory that nobody in that chain wants,” Rogers beforehand mentioned.
A federal decide not too long ago upheld a preliminary injunction, ordering the township to adjust to a beforehand authorised growth settlement whereas a lawsuit Gotion filed in opposition to the township strikes ahead in courtroom.
Nonetheless, Rogers mentioned there are methods to dam the plant.
“There are things we can do at the federal level to make it very difficult for them to build the plant. They’ve got to get special visas,” he mentioned.
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When Power Secretary Jennifer Granholm introduced in July that Common Motors had been awarded $500 million to transform the Lansing Grand River Meeting Plant for electrical automobile manufacturing, Slotkin mentioned that is the subsequent step to construct the subsequent technology of autos in America.
“The subsequent technology of autos ought to be constructed by American corporations and American staff, which is why I’m so glad to see what’s occurring at this time in Lansing at GM’s Grand River Meeting,” Slotkin mentioned in a press release on her marketing campaign’s web site. “Today’s announcement is a step towards that goal and will ensure the plant is well-equipped to build new, advanced electric vehicles. Whether or not you drive an EV today, or ever care to, there’s no denying they will be a big part of the vehicles of tomorrow. All you have to do is look at Europe and Mexico and see that China is looking to be *the* manufacturer of this next generation of cars. That’s why it’s essential to our economic and national security that electric vehicles, the batteries and components they run on, and other critical products are made in America. The funding announced today will also protect existing jobs and generate new ones, while driving economic growth in the area, so it’s a clear win for Lansing.”
