Trump stokes fear of foreign competition at Tennessee town hall

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : When Blackburn took the stage to share opening remarks, various audience members shouted "Trump" and chanted "We want Trump" at multiple points throughout her speech.
63% : It's very simple," Trump said.
61% : We have one coming up in 39 days, so that'll be a wonderful replacement," Trump said.
55% : And when energy comes down, everything else follows," Trump said.
50% : Trump and Blackburn also called on attendees to elect former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) to the U.S. Senate and to re-elect U.S. Reps.
45% : While Trump has repeatedly claimed Chinese auto factories are setting up shop in Mexico to import vehicles to the U.S. without paying, multiple fact checks found only one Chinese-owned plant is operating in Mexico, though several Chinese auto companies have expressed interest in opening manufacturing plants in Mexico.
45% : Alongside energy, Trump said he would bring down interest rates, but did not specify how, saying "So we're going to bring it down with energy and interest rates.
44% : While the Biden-Harris administration has not issued a ban on gas-powered vehicles, it has set a goal for 50% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2030.Trump also continued to lambast United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, whose union endorsed Harris in July.
43% : When asked how he would address inflation, Trump said he would start by addressing energy costs by increasing oil and natural gas production, repeating a previous campaign promise of bringing energy bills down 50% within the first year if reelected.
39% : They're building big factories, the biggest in Mexico, and they think they're going to make the cars and sell them in and close up Detroit, close up everything in this area, close up South Carolina," Trump said.
29% : In addition to repeating claims about the auto industry, Trump continued to falsely assert that he had received more votes than any sitting President, denying his loss in the 2020 election.
24% : | Kyle DavidsonUpon taking the stage Trump took a handful of questions from autoworkers, centered around undocumented immigration, inflation and protecting American auto jobs.
16% : They will reject Trump and his economic agenda that left them in the dust once already and instead send Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz to the White House so that they can continue fighting for Michigan families and invest in Michigan manufacturing," Justice said.
15% : Trump reiterated his plan to shut down the U.S. border before continuing to push false claims that undocumented immigrants had taken all of the jobs created under President Joe Biden's administration, and that Chinese companies are building factories in China to outcompete American automakers.
11% : In the 2016 election against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 2.9 million votes, but secured 306 votes in the electoral college to Clinton's 232 electoral votes.
8% : "Trump also continued his attacks on electric vehicles, falsely stating that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had mandated all electric cars before pledging to terminate the non-existent mandate on day one if elected.
7% : In addition to taking aim against Fain, Trump also criticized Harris for her proposed tax policies, and accusing her of flip-flopping on issues like fracking and support for the police.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.