Tonight, Ed Schultz interviewed a Sensata worker who used to support Mitt Romney. She does, no longer.
It's seems having to train her replacement worker -- from China -- kind of opened her eyes to the real Mitt Romney ...
Sensata worker speaks out
The Ed Show -- Oct 16, 2012
Last week we brought you a story about a Bain Capital owned car-sensor factor in Freeport Illinois that's being outsourced to China. Mary Jo Kerr, one of the workers from the factory, is speaking out on The Ed Show, telling people what she really thinks about Mitt Romney's past of outsourcing.
partial automated transcript:
>> Ed: I want you to tell us, what has your family gone through?
>> Mary Jo: It's been an emotional roller coaster ever since they told us they were going to shut our Freeport plant. my husband worked there for 18 years and it was devastating the fact that we didn't know what we were going to do. the fact the both of us were going to lose our jobs. we have three small children. we have bills just like everybody else. fortunately, my husband was able to find another job, but it's still going to be hard with him being the sole provider.
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>> What's the mood of the town there in Freeport? is the town -- what kind of an impact is this going to have?
>> it's going to have a huge impact. Half of Freeport works at Sensata. once it closes, it will be devastating. everybody is walking around slumped over, not knowing what they are going to do.
>> you were somewhat akin to liking Mitt Romney, were you not?
>> yes, I was.
>> tell us about that.
>> i was like everybody else. he's going to do it. he's going to create American jobs. he says that's what he's going to do. that's what his whole campaign was about. I'm going to create American jobs. when I found out that he owned Bain Capital and Bain Capital owned Sensata I was furious.
>> what do you think when you see him talk about American jobs on the campaign trail and talk about our economy yet this is happening?
>> to be honest with you, he's a bold-faced liar. he's going out there saying I'm going to create American jobs when, no, he's not. he's profiting off of jobs going overseas.
>> what was it like to have the Chinese workers come learn to do the jobs that your workers were doing?
>> it was hard. having to train somebody to take your job and you don't have any control over it, that was probably the hardest thing I've had to do.
>> did they really take down the American flag and put up the Chinese flag?
>> they didn't put up the Chinese flag. we put it across the street in Bainport.
>> what's going to happen to Freeport, Illinois?
>> it's going to become a ghost town. that's one major company in Freeport. we only have two sole big companies. and once this one goes down, i mean, it's going to be hard for anybody to find a job because there's nothing around there.
>> normally when a company is not doing well the companies know it. was it record profits? and that makes it hard to understand?
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Here's more info on Sensata (and Mitt's "lack" of China outsourcing experience):
Mitt Romney's campaign HQ called the police on Sensata workers
by The BigotBasher -- Oct 15, 2012
Here Is What Is Happening With #Sensata
by davej -- Oct 15, 2012
"Back in my private equity days ..."
by jamess -- Oct 02, 2012
Sensata: Mitt Romney profits as Bain sends American jobs to China
by Laura Clawson for Daily Kos Labor -- Oct 15, 2012
Romney's Bain Selling Out American Workers to China
link to video
Ed will be doing Friday's Show, Live from Freeport IL. Check it out.
We know Mitt Romney won't.