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Romney, responding to Bain attacks, says Obama responsible for 100,000 auto job losses
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 16, 2012 05:43pm |
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| Author | Philip Rucker |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 08:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | “We were able to help create over 100,000 jobs,” Romney said of his tenure at Bain, the venture capital and corporate buyout firm he founded. “On the president’s watch, about 100,000 jobs were lost in the auto industry and auto dealers and auto manufacturers, so he’s hardly one to point a finger.”
It was an unusual line of defense for Romney considering that the Obama administration’s rescue of the auto industry is one the president’s most popular accomplishments, especially in critical midwestern battlegrounds like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
The Obama campaign, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said auto industry employment actually increased by about 102,000 jobs since Obama took office in January 2009.
The Post’s Fact Checker determined that Romney’s claim that he created 100,000 jobs at Bain was unproven and untenable.
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