The former Kansas City steelworker featured in a scathing ad tying
his wife's death to Mitt Romney has appeared in Obama campaign videos
before -- despite claims by a top Obama adviser Wednesday that he
doesn't know "the specifics of this man's case" amid revelations that
the ad is inaccurate and misleading.
The Romney campaign and other fact-checkers have pushed back hard on the ad, released Tuesday by pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA. The ad, featuring former GST Steel worker Joe Soptic, suggests Romney was in some way responsible for the death of Soptic's wife because his plant was shuttered after a takeover by Romney's firm and others -- and because his wife died of cancer after he lost his health insurance.
However, the ad hides details about the timeline of those events. Soptic's wife died five years after GST filed for bankruptcy. His wife reportedly had her own health insurance after Soptic left GST. And Romney had long since left Bain Capital at the time of her death.
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul called the ad "disgusting" and "despicable" in an interview with Fox News. "This ad just shows the depth to which the Obama campaign and their allies will go to try to smear Mitt Romney," she said.
The Romney campaign and other fact-checkers have pushed back hard on the ad, released Tuesday by pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA. The ad, featuring former GST Steel worker Joe Soptic, suggests Romney was in some way responsible for the death of Soptic's wife because his plant was shuttered after a takeover by Romney's firm and others -- and because his wife died of cancer after he lost his health insurance.
However, the ad hides details about the timeline of those events. Soptic's wife died five years after GST filed for bankruptcy. His wife reportedly had her own health insurance after Soptic left GST. And Romney had long since left Bain Capital at the time of her death.
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul called the ad "disgusting" and "despicable" in an interview with Fox News. "This ad just shows the depth to which the Obama campaign and their allies will go to try to smear Mitt Romney," she said.
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