Dem Senate Hopeful Runs Away From EVs In New Ad After Repeatedly Voting To Enable Biden’s Mandate

Democratic Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who is running for the Senate, has a new television ad in which she purports to be against electric vehicle (EV) mandates despite repeatedly voting to defend them.

Slotkin claims in the new ad that “no one should tell us what to buy, and no one is going to mandate anything” with respect to EVs. However, the Senate hopeful has voted repeatedly to protect the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) stringent tailpipe emissions standards — which have been characterized as a de facto EV mandate — and the regulatory state’s capacity to dictate what kinds of cars are available to consumers.

“I live on a dirt road nowhere near a charging station, so I don’t own an electric car. No one should tell us what to buy, and no one is going to mandate anything. But here’s the thing: if there’s going to be a new generation of vehicles, I want that generation built right here in Michigan, not China,” Slotkin says in the advertisement. “I approve this message, because what you drive is your call, no one else’s.”

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Slotkin’s messaging in the advertisement is contradicted by her congressional voting record on the issue of EVs.

In September, Slotkin voted against a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would roll back the EPA’s tailpipe rules if enacted by President Joe Biden. She also voted against