Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Speechless When Questioned If Obama Is Responsible For Bankrupting Solyndra

Joe Schoffstall | January 9, 2012
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Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Shultz appeared on Fox News and railed against Mitt Romney's leadership at Bain Capital.

When host Chris Wallace asked in the context of her argument if President Obama is responsible for bankrupting failed solar company Solyndra, she was left speechless.

"N..No because the president wasn't CEO of Solyndra", Wasserman-Schultz reponded.

Wallace countered, "Well Romney wasn't the CEO of these companies either."

 

 

Transcript via Fox Nation:

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Why the scrutiny, because Mitt Romney has no convictions. He's someone who has flip flopped on every major issue and voters need to know. 

 
WALLACE: Let me ask you a question. You go after -- let me ask you - - you go after Romney for laying off people at Bain Capital, correct? 
 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Well, for a lot of things, related to his role at Bain Capital. 
 
WALLACE: But that's one of them. 
 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: For that. For outsourcing jobs -- 
 
WALLACE: Let me ask you about that. Is the president responsible for laying off the people at Solyndra? 
 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: No, because the president wasn't the CEO of Solyndra. 
 
WALLACE: Well, Romney wasn't the CEO of these companies, either. The president was -- 
 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: No, Romney -- 
 
WALLACE: Excuse me. The president was a venture capitalist. He put taxpayer money into Solyndra and a thousand people lost their jobs. 
 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: OK. 
 
WALLACE: So is the president responsible for the thousand people who lost their jobs at Solyndra? 
 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Not even close. But Mitt Romney is responsible for being CEO of companies that he took over. That -- 
 
WALLACE: No, he wasn't the CEO. 
 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: He was the CEO of Bain. Bain bought these companies, took them over -- 
 
WALLACE: Well, the president is the CEO of the country. 
 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: But he's not the CEO of Solyndra. 
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