The Friends of Sherrod Brown campaign released a statement today from Communications Director Justin Barasky, in response to Josh Mandel’s refusal to support the auto rescue and his campaign’s lie regarding our “Both From Ohio” ad:

“In between supporting our Team USA athletes during the Olympics tonight, Ohioans will see Sherrod Brown standing next to the best selling Chevy Cruze, a car that thanks to Sherrod’s support of the auto rescue is assembled right here in Lordstown, Ohio. Sherrod’s proud of the Chevy Cruze and the nearly 850,000 industry related Ohio jobs that his support of the auto rescue helped protect. There’s absolutely no truth to the Mandel campaign’s lie that our ad was pulled, and if Josh Mandel had it his way, it’s possible cars like the Cruze would be made entirely in Europe.”