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Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Elon Musk tweeted, “The fact that an 18 year old can't take out a $10,000 business loan” but “can take out a $100,000 student loan tells you everything you need to know.”

By Yacob Reyes• April 29, 2022

Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad:

GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule."

By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010

Phil Gingrey stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview:

The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles.

By Eric Stirgus• October 4, 2010

Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM:

"For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ."

By Tom Feran• February 9, 2011

Michael Turner stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney:

Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."

By Stephen Koff• April 30, 2012

Let Freedom Ring stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video:

Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.

By Jon Greenberg• October 25, 2012

Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”

By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2020

Glenn Kage stated on September 16, 2019 in a Missouri Times interview:

"General Motors is making record profits."

By Caitlyn Rosen• October 25, 2019

Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address:

"(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker."

By Becky Bowers• January 25, 2012

Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact."

By Tom Kertscher• July 29, 2021

Mitt Romney stated on August 01, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

"Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close."

By Stephen Koff• August 2, 2012

Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”:

"(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans."

By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2012

Michael Turner stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release:

Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."

By Stephen Koff• September 24, 2013

Joe Biden stated on April 01, 2012 in a “Face the Nation” interview:

"General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again."

By Becky Bowers• April 9, 2012

Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech:

"When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks."

By Katie Sanders• June 17, 2015

Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2019 in remarks to South Korean business leaders:

"We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States."

By Jon Greenberg• July 9, 2019

Mitt Romney stated on February 22, 2012 in a primary debate in Arizona:

"The president gave the (auto) companies to the UAW."

By Molly Moorhead• February 27, 2012

Barack Obama stated on January 07, 2015 in a speech in Detroit:

"The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in."

By Steve Contorno• January 22, 2015

Brian Deese stated on June 02, 2011 in a telephone news conference:

"We've seen 115,000 jobs created in the American auto industry since GM and Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy."

By Stephen Koff• June 9, 2011

Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in a campaign video:

By the time Obama took office, "The Bush administration had given the car companies $13 billion and the money was now gone."

By Molly Moorhead• March 19, 2012

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