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Barack Obama: “He came in and saved general motors and Mitt Romney maybe lost that Midwest when he said 'Let Detroit die.'”

On the recordNovember 9, 2016
He came in and saved general motors and Mitt Romney maybe lost that Midwest when he said 'Let Detroit die.'
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

A historian highlights Obama's actions during the economic crisis and their political implications.

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