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Ford: Trump Didn’t Convince Us to Move to Ohio

DENIED

Pushing back on candidate’s boast.

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After Donald Trump suggested Ford Motor Co. shifted work to a plant in Ohio from Mexico because of his “constant badgering,” the auto maker released a statement asserting that the Republican candidate played no role in the move. “We decided to move the F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks to Ohio Assembly in 2011,” the statement read, “long before any candidates announced their intention to run for U.S. president.”

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