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Obama Defends Criticizing Clinton on NAFTA

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Says in Lorain, Ohio: "Yesterday, Senator Clinton also said I'm wrong to point out that she once supported NAFTA. But the fact is, she was saying great things about NAFTA until she started running for President." Read full comments here.

 

Says Clinton has presented herself as co-president in 1990s, aligning herself with her husband's accomplishments.

 

Clinton spokesman Phil Singer responds: “Senator Obama's insistence on repeating attacks that have been demonstrated to be false by independent entities proves once and for all that his speeches about the new politics are just words. That's not change you can believe in.” Read more here.

 

Plus: FactCheck.org looks at Obama's NAFTA mailer that came under fire Saturday.

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