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Mike Rogers: “They gave away in cash and prizes, 175 million in cash and…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Senate Candidate Mike Rogers Speaks at Trump Event in Potterville, Michigan

Published | Video Starts at 02:20

They came out and said, by the way, you're going to buy an electric vehicle. By the way, car companies, domestic car companies, you're going to build an electric vehicle. And just recently, They gave away in cash and prizes, 175 million in cash and almost $800 million in prizes to a Chinese Communist Party company to bring in Chinese technology to Big Rapids to build an electric battery where 85% of it needs to be processed in China. We're going to have to tell those folks up in big rapids in Macosta county, we will have your back come November. I'm not going to let that happen. (02:20–02:43)

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Asserts that $175 million in cash and $800 million in prizes were given to a Chinese company to build an electric battery in Big Rapids, with 85% of it needing to be processed in China.

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