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Bernie Moreno: “We have a 6 million square foot manufacturing facility in…”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Auto tariffs will 'restore' US manufacturing, GOP senator believes

Published | Video Starts at 03:24

And he suggested in that soundbite that there are facilities that are not at full capacity or that have been abandoned for overseas manufacturing. What do you, what can you tell us about that, how fast it can be? He's absolutely right. We have a 6 million square foot manufacturing facility in Lordstown, Ohio that used to employ 10,000 UAW workers. It's completely, for the most part, empty. That thing can be turned on in a matter of a few months. (03:24–03:33)

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Asserts the existence of a large, underutilized manufacturing facility in Lordstown, Ohio.

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