Electric vehicle mandates will be a huge subject of debate in the next presidential election, Trump-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers of Michigan said during an interview on, explaining that there is a huge split in the union coalitions and warning that there absolutely will be a “bloodbath” in the auto industry if Joe Biden wins and continues his EV mandates.
“We will here in Michigan,” he said. “It’s 40 percent less labor. It’s not necessarily better for the environment, and it puts us dependent on — 1/7 of the United States economy — on the Communist Party of China,” he explained, noting that 85 percent of the EV process “happens through China.
“And my argument to the union folks is listen, you know, by the way, if you care about the environment, and on this EV mandate, the government’s basically saying we’re going to take 40 percent of your jobs and make you drive a car that you don’t want to drive. We don’t have to do it that way,” he said, pointing to the absurdity of making the Chinese “the most important car makers in the world by mandating electric vehicles.
“Yes, it will. If you’re an auto worker, if you’re a second and third tier auto worker supplier here, you bet it does. It will be a bloodbath. That means your jobs are going away. Now when you lose your job and your ability to take care of your family, I don’t care what anyone says — that’s a bloodbath,” Rogers said, adding that he agrees with Trump’s language here.