I guess the fact that they are expanding production to meet increased demand kind of went over your head, somehow??
Mike Manley, chief operating officer of Fiat and Chrysler in Asia and president of the Jeep brand, told Bloomberg, "We're reviewing the opportunities within existing capacity" as well as "should we be localizing the entire Jeep portfolio or some of the Jeep portfolio" to China.
That's where the 'lie' came from. So, not a lie... since it sure sounds like they were considering a move to China.
You need to be less of a hack when considering your accusations.
No, this is what the truth was, from Bloomberg, that you conveniently ignore:
"Manley referred to adding Jeep production sites rather than shifting output from North America to China."
See? A direct and specific statement that Jeep was NOT SHIFTING PRODUCTION TO CHINA.
That's the fact. Now here is how the LIE got going, the LIE that Romney repeated:
From the Washington Examiner, a rightwing hack site:
"Well it appears that the taxpayer bailed-out Chrysler is looking back and now considering cutting costs by shifting production of all Jeeps to China, which has a strong desire for Jeeps."
See what the rightwing propaganda site did? They took an explicit reference to NOT SHIFTING production and turned it into a reference to SHIFTING production.
and the examiner article links to the Bloomberg article, ironically.
If you had done some proper research, you'd have known that, and not made a fool of yourself.
LINKS:
Jeep, an Obama favorite, looks to shift production to China | WashingtonExaminer.com
Fiat Says Jeep Output May Return to China as Demand Rises - Bloomberg