**Kamala Harris Champions Manufacturing in Michigan to Counter Trump's Economic Message**

Vice President Kamala Harris is intensifying her focus on manufacturing as she campaigns in Michigan, a crucial battleground state. With the Nov. 5 election drawing near, Harris aims to capture the working-class vote and narrow the polling gap with former President Donald Trump on economic issues.

On Monday, Harris took a strong stance against Trump's trade policies during her visit to the Hemlock Semiconductor manufacturing center in Saginaw County. "When he was president, he sold advanced chips to China that helped them with their agenda to modernize their military," Harris asserted. "That's not in the best interest of America's security and prosperity, which should be two of the highest priorities for any president," she added.

Michigan has emerged as a pivotal state for burgeoning U.S. industries, including semiconductors and electric vehicles. Harris’s visit spotlighted the Hemlock Semiconductor facility, which recently benefited from a $325 million investment attributed to the Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science Act. The Vice President praised the act, pointing out that it facilitates billions of dollars in investment for advancements like those at Hemlock. "We created tax credits to create the incentive for the private sector to do this work," she said.

Despite her efforts, Harris faces a challenging landscape. According to CNBC's October All-America Economic Survey, 46% of respondents nationwide believe Trump would be better for the economy in their communities, compared to 38% for Harris. In battleground states, Trump maintains a similar 8-point lead.

Harris’s Michigan visit is part of a broader campaign push through pivotal states, which included Pennsylvania on Sunday and will extend to North Carolina, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada later in the week. Following her speech at Hemlock Semiconductor, Harris planned to tour a labor union training facility and participate in a rally with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in Ann Arbor.

Both Harris and Trump have laid out plans for a manufacturing renaissance, though their strategies diverge. Trump aims to repeal the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act and has criticized the CHIPS Act. His primary focus is a universal tariff policy on all imports to bolster domestic manufacturing. "That chip deal is so bad," Trump remarked in a recent interview. Harris, contrastingly, supports a combination of tax credits and government subsidies to promote sectors like artificial intelligence, clean energy manufacturing, autos, and semiconductors. She denounces Trump's tariff approach as a "Trump sales tax," arguing it would increase consumer prices.

As Harris and her team continue their whirlwind tour of battleground states, the Vice President remains committed to conveying her vision for America's economic future, with a clear emphasis on revitalizing the manufacturing sector.