Mitt Romney’s claim that he created 100,000 jobs during his tenure at Bain faced another setback Tuesday, with Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler declaring it “an untenable figure” and awarded it three “Pinocchios” out of four on his lie scale.
Romney’s claim, which he doubled down on over the weekend, is central to his 2012 case for being a job creator. It initially came under fire after reporters revealed that he was cherry-picking statistics to ignore jobs lost by the companies he was involved with during his tenure and include jobs added following his departure.
“We asked the Romney campaign for a response, but did not get one,” Kessler reported.
