MARSHALL, Mich.—Michigan House Freedom Caucus held a press conference on Saturday to object to using taxpayer dollars to fund the new Ford electric vehicle battery plant.
Two days ago, the state appropriated $630 million for the project that sees Ford partnered with a Chinese EV battery maker with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Michigan State Rep. Steve Carra (R-Three Rivers), caucus chair, said that the appropriation didn’t follow the Michigan Constitution, which requires a two-thirds majority for funding private purposes. The spending bill passed the state House on a vote of 56 vs. 53.
Carra accused the Democrat majority of circumventing the Constitution by calling the project a public purpose, “even though it’s giving tax dollars from the hardworking middle class to a private company.”…