Republican candidate Mitt Romney is receiving a lot of criticism and protest for a ad campaign he put out this week claiming, among other things, that President Barack Obama is allowing Jeep to move production to China.
"You got folks who work at a Jeep plant who have been calling their employers worried, asking 'Is it true that our jobs are being shipped to China,''' Obama said at a rally at the Franklin County Fairgrounds this morning according to The Boston Globe. "The reason they are making these calls is because Governor Romney ran an ad that says so. Except, it's not true. Everybody knows it's not true. The car company themselves told Governor Romney to knock it off!"
Chrysler Group LLC has already come out and stated that there is no truth to the rumors that Jeep is moving production, and that they actually are planning on expanding production in the U.S. by creating a new plant in Ohio.
Chrysler also announced that within the next year they will be investing $500 million into production, while adding new Jeep models throughout the year and over 1,100 jobs.
President Obama finally responded to the ad at the rally in Ohio, his first of the week after canceling rallies on Monday through Thursday to help assist the east coast with arising issues thanks to Hurricane Sandy.
Obama spoke to almost 3,000 people at the event, who all showed support for the President by chanting "liar" when Obama stated the ad was not true and that "everybody knows it."
"This isn't a game; these are people's jobs, these are people's lives," said Obama according to The New York Times. "You don't scare hard-working Americans just to scare up some votes."
Romney chose not to address the rumors he's created throughout the week, instead he continues to focus on the fact that Obama allowed the auto companies to go bankrupt in the first place.
"The facts are clear: despite his false and misleading attacks, President Obama took the auto companies into bankruptcy," said a campaign spokeswoman, Amanda Henneberg. "His mismanagement of the process has exposed taxpayers to a $25 billion loss. And these companies are expanding production overseas."
With the election less than four days away, it will be interesting to see who will comes out on top in Ohio, a state that has been vital in past elections.
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