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Trump, Biden clash over EVs, autoworker support |
Former President Trump skipped the second GOP debate Wednesday to instead address autoworkers in Michigan, making an appeal for union support a day after President Biden visited Detroit. |
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During his visit to a Detroit suburb, Trump criticized Biden on a range of issues from China to NAFTA to electric vehicles (EVs). "A vote for Crooked Joe means the future of the auto industry will be 'Made in China,'" Trump asserted.
He also broadly said that he would "unleash a thing called American energy," adding, "We will drill, baby, drill." Biden's campaign hit back, calling Trump's speech "incoherent" and "low-energy." Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz also knocked Trump for visiting a non-union factory. MEANWHILE: On stage Wednesday at the second GOP debate, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) sparred with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over his environmental record. - Haley and DeSantis are both trying to make up ground on Trump, who holds a large lead in polls of the Republican race both nationally and in early voting states.
- Trump has skipped the first two GOP debates and called for the party to stop holding primary debates.
During the debate, Haley falsely claimed DeSantis had banned fracking in his state. While he has not banned fracking, DeSantis did say he would try to ban it when he was first campaigning for governor.
Haley also said the Florida governor was "against drilling," though it was voters in the Sunshine State — not DeSantis — who barred drilling off the state's coast in a 2018 ballot amendment. Read more about Trump's comments from The Hill's Hanna Trudo, Biden's response from our colleague Alex Gangitano and the Haley-DeSantis fracas from Rachel. |
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The Biden administration will release on Friday its long-awaited plan that maps out the next five years of offshore drilling, a top official said. "We'll be publishing the five-year program tomorrow," Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau said in response to questions from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during a Senate hearing Thursday. |
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Generation Z protesters were arrested outside of Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) office Thursday. |
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The CEO of Hawaiian Electric on Thursday defended her company's decision not to cut the power to certain lines ahead of devastating fires, insisting the company was following protocol. |
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Branch out with a different read on The Hill: |
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Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) introduced legislation Thursday that would eliminate federal tax credits for electric vehicles, the latest in a series of Republican salvos against EV technology. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore, who demanded a special session of the Legislature for an investigation of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), was indefinitely suspended from the chamber’s GOP caucus Thursday. Read more |
| Former President Trump won't try to move his Georgia criminal prosecution to federal court, his lawyer said Thursday. Read more |
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