Claim: After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."
Fact-check: Obama ad claims Romney, Bain left misery in wake of GST Steel takeover
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Becky Bowers;Molly Moorhead
Date published: 2012-05-16T00:00:00