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Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm tore into Mitt Romney
in her speech at the Democratic convention Thursday, saying President
Obama had saved her state’s vital auto industry at a time when Romney
was pushing for that industry to go bankrupt.
From the outset of her speech, Granholm pulled no punches, opening
with a line saying she came from the state where, “the trees are just
the right height,” a jab at Romney’s oft-mocked remark from a campaign
stop in Michigan where he said his home state’s trees were the perfect
height. She didn’t stop there, accusing Romney of caring more about his
own bottom line than he did about the needs of average Americans.
“He loves our cars so much, they have their own elevator,” Granholm
said, mocking the car elevator planned for Romney’s California mansion.
“But the people who design, build, and sell those cars? Well, in
Romney’s world, the cars get the elevator; the workers get the shaft.”
Granholm
also took Romney to task for infamously saying at the height of the
recession that the auto industry should go bankrupt. President Obama
instead took more aggressive action, sending the struggling automakers
emergency loans to help them restructure and return to health.
“Almost nobody had the guts to help us. Not the banks, not the
private investors and not Bain capital,” Granholm said. “Then, in 2009,
the cavalry arrived: our new president, Barack Obama!”
Near the end of her speech, Granholm fired up the crowd with some
call and response highlighting the resurgence of the auto industry.
Across the country, she said, Obama had helped states keep and create
auto jobs and save one of the country’s most storied industries.
“America, let’s rev our engines! In your car and on your ballot, the
“D” is for drive forward, and the “R” is for reverse,” she said. “And in
this election, we’re driving forward, not back. Let’s re-elect our
great president, Barack Obama!”...................
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