Though Clinton never mentioned Romney by name , the comment appeared to be directed at him , as well as Schauer 's and Peters ' Republican opponents . Clinton knocks those who wanted to ` ` Let Detroit go bankrupt '' Hillary Clinton argued the decision would have `` let manufacturing just wither away '' Mitt Romney famously wrote an oped titled ` ` Let Detroit go bankrupt '' in 2012 . The oped was used effectively against Romney during his failed 2008 presidential run .
Clinton knocks those who wanted to ` ` Let Detroit go bankrupt '' Hillary Clinton argued the decision would have `` let manufacturing just wither away '' Mitt Romney famously wrote an oped titled ` ` Let Detroit go bankrupt '' in 2012 . The oped was used effectively against Romney during his failed 2008 presidential run .