2023 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy visited Green TWP Wednesday evening for a local rally at Lori Brock's Majestic Friesans on 19 Mile Road.

Hundreds gathered to hear from the republican ballotee on his presidential campaign and how we would plan to overturn the project.

"We are in a war," Ramaswamy said. "The first step to win is to recognize that we are in one. I'm worried about the American dream for my two sons."

Ramaswamy throughly described the Gotion construction as the "trojan horse" tactic for the Chinese Communist Party to undermine the U.S despite a military disadvantage.

 

*Local supporters hearing Ramaswamy speak on the troubles of the Gotion battery plant project.

 

"The next president must declare war on communist China," Ramaswamy said. "We cannot depend on our enemy for our modern way of life, from the shoes on our feet to the phones in our pockets. They are putting digital fetanyl into our kids' hands and putting financial fetanyl in the form of our economy in national debt."

Also taking the stage were local Green TWP and Mecosta Environmental and Security Alliance representatives on their mission, the status of Gotion, and the Green TWP board recall.

"It's not a fight against a factory," Brock said. "It's a fight against a way of life."

 

*Lori Brock giving her opening statement before hundreds at the rally.

 

MESA also detailed the faults of the project, including the potential destruction of the Dalziel Creek watershed. This would not only affect local habitats of various endangered species of Bald Eagle, Blue Karner Butterfly, and the Rusty Patched Bumblebee, but could affect water sources as far as Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay.

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