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Republicans zero in on planned EV battery plant in Michigan to hit Democrats on China in battleground state

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Michigan voters turned their ire on an electric vehicle battery plant in their rural community.

The township board that supported the project ousting five of the seven members in a recall election.

Now it’s playing out in the race for the White House as a fusion of two issues central to Republican messaging.

Anti- China rhetoric has escalated in political campaigns since then.

Gotion plans for the Michigan plant has become a tension point in the Senate race.

Democrats see the dispute as a hyperlocal issue that won’t factor decisively into the presidential race or a competitive battle for an open U.S. Senate seat.

Gotion’s vice president for North American operations said he would not comment “on any political situation” involving the project.

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