claim: says that mitt romney's response to the crisis in the auto industry was, "let detroit go bankrupt."
author: jennifer granholm
evidence_1: nov 18, 2008 ... i was born in detroit, the son of an auto chief executive. in 1954, my dad, george  romney, was tapped to run american motors ... mitt romney ... new faces should  be recruited from unrelated industries — from ... but as walter reuther, the former  head of the united automobile workers , said to my father, ...
evidence_2: beginning in the later half of 2008, a global-scale recession adversely affected  the economy of ... general motors emerged from bankruptcy as a new company  majority ..... former massachusetts governor mitt romney, running in the  republican party .... a november 20, 2008 detroit free press article said that the  uaw was ...
evidence_3: feb 19, 2012 ... mitt romney announced his bid for the 2008 republican ... the article carried the  headline “let detroit go bankrupt,” which critics continue to use against him. ...  angry and concerned that the response to the financial crisis was undercutting ...  he said mr. romney's opposition to the auto rescue on principle ...
evidence_4: nov 2, 2012 ... this 1957 photo shows 10-year-old mitt romney in detroit behind the wheel ...  romney's lack of empathy for the detroit automakers in their time of crisis. ...  romney's statement that the government should have "let detroit go bankrupt. ...  despite his father george romney's strong ties to the auto industry as ...
evidence_5: oct 17, 2012 ... mitt romney's opposition to the auto bailout has haunted him on the campaign  trail, ... november 2008 new york times op-ed, “let detroit go bankrupt. ... later,  as the nation's financial crisis accelerated, singer's elliott bought ... of saving gm,  chrysler, their suppliers and, most important, auto industry jobs.