RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Bob McDonnell, soon to be Republican Mitt Romney’s host for a Virginia bus trip, picked up on Romney’s disputed claim Wednesday that President Barack Obama had gutted welfare-reform work requirements.

Obama’s July directive grants requests from states, including Republican governors, for more flexibility in setting work requirements under welfare, known as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. Romney sought greater TANF flexibility in 2005 as Massachusetts’ governor.

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