Area Dems blast Romney

Area Dems blast Romney

WARREN

Area Democrats railed on GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney Thursday at a local

auto dealer.

Romney, who is currently polling about even with President Barack Obama in

recent Ohio polls, has previously said he would let the auto industry go

bankrupt, a statement Dave Betras, Mahoning County Democratic Chair, said

would have been devastating to the Mahoning Valley.

“In the Mahoning Valley, that was the wrong decision,” Betras said at Sauer

Chevrolet in Warren. “He would have let the Lordstown plant get knocked to

the ground.”

Betras, United Auto Workers Local 1112 President Jim Graham and Local 1714

President Dave Green, stressed the importance of the auto industry to

suppliers and other businesses in Ohio.

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