'Biggest Losers of Manufacturing Jobs': Harris Slams Trump’s Economic Record

Wisconsin: With just days to go for the US Presidential Elections, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump intensified their presidential campaigns in Wisconsin, a critical battleground state. Harris focused on Trump’s economic record, especially his handling of manufacturing jobs, during her address.

Harris highlighted that nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost during Trump’s presidency before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Wisconsin suffering thousands of these job losses. She referred to Trump as "one of the biggest losers of manufacturing jobs in American history."

"He [Donald Trump] said that he was the only one who could bring back America's manufacturing jobs," Harris stated. "America lost nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs when Trump was president, including thousands of jobs right here in Wisconsin, and let the facts be clear, those losses started before the pandemic. That makes Donald Trump one of the biggest losers of manufacturing jobs in American history."

Harris also criticised Trump’s track record on the auto industry, saying, “And his track record for the auto industry was a disaster. As president, he promised that the auto industry would not lose one plant during his presidency. And then America’s auto manufacturers announced the closure of six auto plants when he was President. So Wisconsin, you know all about Donald Trump's big empty promises."

Harris further condemned Trump’s record on offshoring and job creation, saying, “He promised to stop offshoring, he cut taxes for corporations that shipped 200,000 American jobs overseas during his presidency. And he promised to bring back jobs to the United States, just like his promise that Foxconn was going to invest USD 10 billion and create 13,000 manufacturing jobs. He said Wisconsin would soon be home to a manufacturing plant that he called the 8th wonder of the world. Yet another empty promise, typical for a person that is all talk, no walk.”