The Obama campaign is taking advantage of the recent story in The Washington Post which called Bain Capital under Mitt Romney a pioneer in outs0urcing jobs. Here is the text of the above ad. I especially like the last line:
“Day One. President Romney stands up to China.”
But would he?
The Washington Post has just revealed that Romney’s companies were pioneers in shipping US jobs overseas.
Investing in firms that ‘specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China.’
Romney’s never stood up to China. All he’s ever done is send them our jobs.
Joe Biden repeated this message in Iowa: “You got to give Romney credit,” Biden said. “He’s a job creator – in Singapore, China, India. He’s been very good at creating jobs, overseas.” Video above. More on Biden’s criticism of Romney:
Biden also used Romney’s own words against him.
Citing recent speeches in the Ohio cities of Cincinnati and Toledo, Biden said: “He said his experience as a businessman is what gives him a great understanding of what it takes to bring jobs back to the United States of America. That’s his premise.”
Biden continued: “[Romney] said, that outsourcers have, quote, ‘Been able to put American businesses out of business and kill American jobs.’ He went on to say if he were president, he was going to end that outsourcing. That’s what he tells you.”
“There’s a huge disconnect between what he says, and what he means, and what he’s done.”
