Mitt Romney loves Detroit, but as he tours the state Michigan, Democrats are highlighting his 2008 ‘tough love’ op-ed for the auto industry titled ‘Let Detroit go Bankrupt.’
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Now Romney defends his position by suggesting that President Obama largely followed his advise when re-structuring the auto companies.
“I think the Obama administration finally did what I told them they had to do” to save General Motors and Chrysler in 2009, Romney said to the Detroit Free Press. “The auto companies that were in distress needed to go through bankruptcy.”
