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CLAIM: The Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday evening accused former President Donald Trump of having “lied and abandoned” auto workers in Lordstown, Ohio, after General Motors CEO Mary Barra closed the plant in 2019.
VERDICT: False. Trump, as president, lobbied Barra endlessly to keep the Lordstown plant open and, once the plant closed, to reopen it with new investment. Soon after the plant’s closure, Trump began brokering a deal to reopen it. “In 2018, Trump promised he could stop factories from closing and save Ohio communities. But Trump lied and abandoned Lordstown,” a video at the DNC stated before United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain spoke onstage.
“The GM factory in Lordstown did close, putting thousands of people out of work because Donald Trump doesn’t care about our communities,” the video stated. As Breitbart News reported in 2019, Barra idled the Lordstown plant — resulting in the immediate layoff of about 1,600 American workers, roughly half the village’s population.Thanks in part to pressure from Trump, GM sold the plant to Lordstown Motors, which hoped to produce all-electric pickup trucks.
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