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I guess Mitch would rather help the Chinese get jobs, and grow their economy


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LOUISVILLE – After Alison for Kentucky released a new ad earlier this week on Mitch McConnell’s telling ‘not my job’ comment, Mitch McConnell disturbingly turned to distortion when it comes to his real China record.

Today, the Grimes campaign continues on offense, releasing a new web ad highlighting Mitch McConnell’s own words when it comes to jobs. Instead of fighting for Kentucky jobs, McConnell would evidently rather work to create jobs in China. But don’t take our word for it.



Locked in the tightest re-election of his career, Mitch McConnell is disguising his real record of opposing closing the trade deficit and cracking down on currency manipulation, all the while refusing to offer a jobs plan for future. If McConnell is serious about Kentucky jobs, he should support through final passage the ‘Bring Jobs Home Act’ – much needed legislation that supports Kentucky jobs and will help grow the middle class.

Mitch McConnell is already on record saying the trade deficit with China is “not a huge problem.” And McConnell’s actual record is even worse: McConnell led a filibuster against cracking down on China’s currency manipulation, opposing members of his own party, and voted against a bipartisan bill to penalize China for devaluing its currency. In the meantime, he repeatedly voted to give special trade benefits to China.

Clearly, Mitch McConnell does not think that the growing trade deficit with China is a problem – Alison could not disagree more. Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. trade deficit with China alone displaced or eliminated 35,700 Kentucky jobs. During the same period, this trade deficit cost the U.S. 2.1 million manufacturing jobs, more than half of all manufacturing jobs lost.

While a fair, productive relationship with China that is based on trust, respect and shared prosperity is necessary, there is a clear need for several changes to make the game fairer for Kentuckians and Americans.

If we are to level the playing field, Alison Lundergan Grimes believes that we must begin by curbing China’s currency manipulation. According to the Economic Policy Institute, addressing currency manipulation would create up to 4.7 million American jobs, add more than $470 billion to our GDP and reduce the deficit by $165 billion. Alison strongly supports – and will push aggressively for – measures to lower the threshold by which a country is in violation of currency rules and strengthen consequences for violations.
The Grimes campaign will share the below graphic today on social networks:

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