Claim: When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom.
Fact-check: Obama attacks Romney over 40,000 lost manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts and state falling to 47th in job creation
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Maryalice Gill
Date published: 2012-06-14T00:00:00