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PAINESVILLE, Ohio - For the second time this week, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is campaigning in
Ohio.
After speaking to a large crowd of supporters at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Romney took time to sit down and talk with 21 News reporter Michelle Nicks one-on-one.
Romney was escorted into the school's gymnasium by Secret Service agents, members of his staff, and U.S. Senator Rob Portman wearing a red jacket, and still a little soaked from the rain. The presidential hopeful was smiling and friendly as he sat down to talk about the issues.
The first order of business was the Republican's stance on the auto industry bailout; a critical issue for GM Lordstown and the Mahoning Valley.
When asked about how he planned to get support from this area after saying he would let the auto companies go bankrupt Romney had this to say, "My proposal was that the companies needed to go through managed bankruptcy then get government help and come back out of bankruptcy. That's ultimately what the president did. It took him a while to get there. And I believe that the industry would have been in even better shape had I been president because I would have taken them through earlier, saved $20-billion, and gotten them on track faster."
When it comes to the health care reform law, the former governor says while he would repeal the Affordable Care Act passed by President Obama's administration, there are provisions he would keep.
"Actually I would repeal Obama care in its entirety and replace it with my own health care reform plan. My plan gets people that have pre-existing conditions able to get insurance. And I'd take Medicaid dollars, give them back to the states, so the states are able to use those dollars to help their own people in the way they think best, and get the insurance they need."
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