{"id":2413264,"date":"2025-03-14T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-defends-trumps-tariffs-in-battleground-michigan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:58:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:58:02","slug":"vance-defends-trumps-tariffs-in-battleground-michigan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-defends-trumps-tariffs-in-battleground-michigan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance defends Trump&#8217;s tariffs in battleground Michigan &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-defends-trumps-tariffs-in-battleground-michigan-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413264&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance defends Trump&rsquo;s tariffs in battleground Michigan: &lsquo;The road ahead of us is long&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2035958\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>BAY CITY, Michigan &mdash;<\/strong>&nbsp;Vice President JD Vance traveled to central Michigan Friday to deliver a speech extolling the benefits of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s tariff agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The area Vance visited could be a vital county in determining the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 general elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3348137\/trump-kathy-hochul-white-house-meeting-congestion-pricing-energy\/\">Trump-Hochul White House meeting results in &#8216;no formal agreements&#8217; 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Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) won the working-class 8th district in the last election. She previously told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;that focusing on &ldquo;pocketbook&rdquo; problems and &ldquo;just being real&rdquo; was essential to securing victory in a contested district in a critical battleground.<\/p>\n<p>As the president has recently taken to doing so, Vance claimed during remarks at a Vantage Plastics manufacturing facility that the administration won&rsquo;t be able to reverse inflation &ldquo;overnight&rdquo; but reiterated a commitment to rebuilding America&rsquo;s manufacturing capacity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, I have to be honest with you. The road ahead of us is long,&rdquo; the vice president declared. &ldquo;But we are already, in just seven short weeks, starting to see early indications of the president&rsquo;s vision becoming our shared American reality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance specifically defended Trump&rsquo;s use of steep tariffs on the United States&rsquo;s trading partners in an effort to redefine global commerce, despite the negative effect the policies are having on U.S. stock markets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You hear people saying, &lsquo;How dare Donald Trump impose tariffs on foreign countries that have been taking advantage of us for years?&#8217;&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Unless you are willing to use American power to fight back against what those countries have been doing for a generation, you are never going to rebuild American manufacturing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance had been scheduled to tour the facility and observe a number of steps in Vantage&rsquo;s fabrication process, but White House aides say the tour was canceled due to shifts in the vice president&rsquo;s schedule. Vance, who routinely engages with the press while traveling, also declined to answer reporters&rsquo; questions about Trump&rsquo;s ongoing negotiations with Ukraine and Russia to bring about a lasting ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the truncated appearance, Vance received an extremely warm welcome from the roughly 200 attendees within the facility, including several individuals sporting MAGA-branded hats and shirts. Multiple lines from Vance&rsquo;s speech earned raucous cheers and chants of &ldquo;U-S-A!&rdquo; from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>But outside the facility, a significant protest had gathered to deliver a much icier message to the vice president. By the time Vance departed the Vantage facility, that group had swelled to roughly 100, with a number of protesters holding signs calling Vance a &ldquo;traitor&rdquo; or alluding to falsified rumors dating back to the campaign trail about the vice president performing sex acts on household furniture.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Protesters brandish signs reading &ldquo;GO HOME COUCH-BUM,&rdquo; &ldquo;TRAITOR VANCE,&rdquo; and more at the motorcade following VP&rsquo;s appearance at Vantage Plastics in Michigan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7LpZFjbiec\">pic.twitter.com\/7LpZFjbiec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1900589665234604458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The vice president briefly commented on the protest during his remarks inside the facility.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure all of us saw there are a few protesters outside. I can&rsquo;t be the only person wondering &mdash; it&rsquo;s a little after noon on a Friday. Don&rsquo;t you all have jobs?&rdquo; he joked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one of the reasons we have got to rebuild American manufacturing,&rdquo; the vice president continued. &ldquo;We want those people to get off the streets and back to work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance received similar treatment during a Thursday night appearance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>A number of videos showed the vice president being booed upon his and Second Lady Usha Vance&rsquo;s arrival at a National Symphony Orchestra concert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3345054\/trump-steel-aluminum-tariffs-usher-retaliation-allies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP&rsquo;S STEEL AND ALUMINUM TARIFFS USHER IN NEW WAVE OF RETALIATION FROM ALLIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vance, an Ohio native, makes no apologies about his feelings regarding life in the nation&rsquo;s Capitol, a point he revisited Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good to be back in God&rsquo;s country,&rdquo; he said moments after taking the stage in Michigan. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got to tell you. Every opportunity I get to get the hell out of Washington, D.C. &mdash; that is a good day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2035958\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2035958\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance defends Trump\u2019s tariffs in battleground Michigan: \u2018The road ahead of us is long\u2019 BAY CITY, Michigan \u2014\u00a0Vice President JD Vance traveled to central Michigan Friday to deliver a speech extolling the benefits of President Donald Trump\u2019s tariff agenda. 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