Obama’s Dishonest Corporate Welfare Attack on Romney

Published October 5, 2012 6:02pm ET



Yesterday, at a rally in Wisconsin, a combative Obama characterized Romney’s comments at the debate this way:

Now, last night, this may have actually been the real Mitt Romney, because he ruled out raising a dime on taxes on anyone ever, no matter how much money they make; ruled out closing those loopholes that are giving $4 billion of corporate welfare to the oil companies; refused to even acknowledge the loophole that gives tax breaks to corporations that move jobs overseas.

From the debate transcript, here’s what Romney actually said about energy subsidies:

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