GOP strategist: Romney’s factual poor job creation record a ‘misleading number’
By Andrew Jones
Monday, June 4, 2012 14:44 EDT Share on facebookShare on redditShare on diggShare on twitterShare on farkShare on stumbleupon21 Topics: Alice Stewart ♦ mitt romney ♦ romney
Former Bachmann and Santorum campaign press secretary Alice Stewart conceded Monday morning that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a less than sterling job creation record during his time as Massachusetts governor.
In an segment on MSNBC Live, Stewart initially claimed the fact of Massachusetts ranking 47th out of 50th in job creation during Romney’s one term tenure was dubious information filtered out from the current White House staff.
“That’s a misleading number you’re putting out there that was put out by the Obama campaign,” Stewart said.
The Republican figure’s comments sparked host Thomas Roberts to aggressively question Stewart’s inaccurate statement.
“How’s that a misleading number when it’s the actual fact of where the states ranked when Governor Romney left office?” he asked. “How is that misleading?”
“It’s misleading facts put up by a desperate campaign,” Stewart replied.
“Was it 47th or not?” Roberts shot back. “Was it 47th or not? Was it 47th or not? Was it 47th or not?”
“He took it from 50th to 47th,” Stewart conceded, which is also untrue since Romney inherited office while Massachusetts ranked 36th in nation job creation.
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His state actually lost considerable ranking. This even got called out on the FOX Sunday morning show.
