STATEMENT: Chair Barnes Slams Vance’s Phony Visit After Failing to Commit to Lansing GM Plant 

Just days after refusing to commit to protecting hundreds of jobs, Vance is coming back to Michigan to disappoint once again

LANSING — This afternoon, Trump’s vice presidential candidate and overall MAGA lackey J.D. Vance will come to Detroit to speak at Eastern Market, not even a week after he failed to commit to honoring the $500 million dollar grant to keep the GM Lansing plant open. Before he can come to pander to Michiganders once again, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Lavora Barnes released the following statement: 

“J.D. Vance showing his face in Detroit after refusing to commit to protecting hundreds of good-paying jobs in Lansing is shameful. Like he has at every visit, Vance will offer Michiganders nothing but platitudes and misinformation in a city that Trump systematically undermined and disparaged while spreading election misinformation during the 2020 election. 

“Donald Trump and Vance don’t care about Michigan, our auto industry, our workers, or our jobs — their record makes that clear. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have a plan to keep Michigan at the forefront of the auto industry, protect our good-paying, union jobs, and lower costs for working families. As absentee voting is underway, Michiganders will once again reject the two charlatans who only want to help themselves.”

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