On Fox News Monday, host Megyn Kelly asked Rick Perry to comment on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital. Newt — via the super PAC backing him — is about to launch an ad campaign slamming Romney as a “corporate raider” at Bain Capital who caused people to lose their jobs. Asked where he fell on the issue, Perry didn’t hesitate to back Newt up and throw Romney under the bus. Here are some key quotes:
When you go to South Carolina, that was one of those cities that had a business — it was a photo album and a framing business. And those people are out of work today after Bain Capital basically gut the company. Took $20 million of profit out of it and people lost their jobs. There is a steel manufacturer here in South Carolina. Mitt Romney will have a hard time coming into South Carolina and have the people here think he’s anything but a rich Wall Streeter that took advantage of their businesses. People lost their jobs, they lost their pensions, they lost a lot.
The bottom line for Bain was making money. It wasn’t about helping the people of South Carolina or trying to keep these people employed. The idea that Mitt stood up and said he’s worried about pink slips. This is probably one of the richest people ever to run for president of the United States. Son of a multi-millionaire. An individual — Mitt Romney has never worried about pink slip. He might have worried about not having enough of them to hand out. But he’s not worried about losing his job.
