GM And Chrysler CEO's Both Call Romney A Liar

As Mitt Romney released more misleading claims about President Obama and the auto bailout on Tuesday, officials at GM and Chrysler weighed in and said the statements put forward by Romney about job losses and the offshoring of jobs were false — an unusual move for corporations, which tend to avoid entering the fray of partisan politics.

Romney released a new radio ad in Ohio that continued to imply that Chrysler, the parent company of Jeep, had outsourced production to China, and in a new accusation, claimed that GM was moving 15,000 American jobs to China. Earlier, Romney released a television ad that implied Jeep production was being moved to China.

A GM spokesman defended the company and lashed out at Romney.
"We've clearly entered some parallel universe during these last few days," spokesman Greg Martin told the Detroit Free Press. "No amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish our record of creating jobs in the U.S. and repatriating profits back to this country."
GM did cut 15,000 jobs, but that occurred before the 2009 government bailout, and the company has added jobs since.

The head of Chrysler, meanwhile, fought back against the implication that the bailout and restructuring overseen by Obama led the company to outsource production to China. The company said it was indeed ramping up Jeep production in China, but for the Chinese market, and has not moved American production out the nation.

"I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China," Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne emailed employees, noting that American productions of Jeeps had tripled since 2009, and that the company was expanding operations in the United States. "Jeep is one of our truly global brands with uniquely American roots. This will never change. So much so that we committed that the iconic Wrangler nameplate, currently produced in our Toledo, Ohio, plant, will never see full production outside the United States."

A request for comment from the Romney campaign was not answered Tuesday evening.
The GOP nominee has previously faced challenges presented by his opposition to the auto bailouts, which many in Ohio credit with saving the industry.


seema.mehta@latimes.com

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[ELBSeattle]

Mitt Romney is a big, fat, filthy, hypocritical liar.

[TBird4490]

Sorry, there's no evidence to support your unsubstantiated assertions.

Might I suggest sticking your head in the sand, or playing with your little yellow Tonka truck, while the adults talk? ;) Thanks! Tah-tah kiddo.

[friendlycakeasaurus]

you know obama has had to walk on eggshells this whole time because of being the first black president, never coming off as the "angry black man" or fall prey to any of the racial stereotypes. and yet with Romney I felt he really disliked him as a person, because of all the lies and pandering that he did. i do think obama took it personally and, for the first time that i could remember, was visibly pissed at this guy

[PunksloveTrumpys]

How could Romney even put out television and radio commercials with blatant lies like that in them? Shouldn't this kind of thing be censored?

[barakquiel gosh]

If those Americas work as hard like in other countries, with low salary and more hours of work and doing extreme job like one guy doing the job of 3 or 4, they would see them work is useless these days, and companies need to move where they can make money, if they stay in US it be expensive labor, and less profits.

[MillerTheory]

that awkward moment when these liberal idiots are wrong... well blatantly.

[zigfried64]

Detroit News: January 14, 2013 Chrysler to Build JEEPS in China

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the automaker plans to build some Jeeps in China for the local market — and later, in Russia.

"As part of our global expansion of the Jeep brand, there are some cars — that because of the price position in the market — can never be made in the U.S. and exported," Marchionne told reporters on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show.

So WHO was lying ED???????

[Thomas Dalton]

so what you think about so call lie....

Chrysler announces deal to build Jeeps in China

new report from USA today

[chrisfball12]

Wow your stupid

[ilegalsoy]

I have never seen so much lies by the republicans. They are lying, scaring people like they did with the famous colors to alert people for an an eminent attack by terrorists prior to the re-election of Bush. They have scared all americans into believe Obama is going to do what they precisely are going to do. They are going to curtail freedom of expression, freedom for a woman to do whatever with her body and ship jobs to China as Bain did by the millions. God help the US, the real God that is.

[OccamKant]

With the republicans blocking every single action he's tried, is it any surprise he's had trouble getting stuff done? You can't put up roadblocks and then complain that there is no traffic.