Harris Hits GOP on Chips; Trump Leans Into Race, Gender Divides

(Bloomberg) -- Kamala Harris lambasted House Speaker Mike Johnson’s call to roll back a $280 billion package to boost research and domestic manufacturing for semiconductors, heightening a clash between the vice president and her opponent Donald Trump as they seek to woo blue-collar voters in the campaign’s final days.

The flap over funding for chips manufacturing, which President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022, unfolded Friday when Johnson said he’d support a repeal of the bill, while campaigning with a vulnerable House Republican whose upstate New York district is poised to receive as much as $100 billion in investment from Micron Technology Inc.

Johnson quickly issued a statement, saying he misheard a question and instead supports efforts to “streamline and improve” the bill. Trump has also panned the chips deal, saying he could entice investment with the threat of tariffs.

“Let’s be clear about why he walked it back: Because it’s not popular, and their agenda is not popular,” Harris told reporters Saturday. “It is my plan and in...
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