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Mike Rogers: “Those [manufacturing jobs] are about $72,000 apiece.”

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

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One-on-one with Republican Mike Rogers on the economy, immigration and more

Published | Video Starts at 01:38

Every time we are around family, people were hurting. Michigan, Michiganders were hurting. Families were hurting. We've lost 29,000 manufacturing jobs in the six years that my opponent's been in office in Michigan. Those [manufacturing jobs] are about $72,000 apiece. That's $2 billion out of our economy. They came in and said, we're going to fix that by doing EV mandates. 40% less labor. (01:38–15:56)

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Asserts that each lost manufacturing job was worth approximately $72,000.

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