Bill Clinton speaks at 'A Night Out With The Millennium Network' at the Old Vic Tunnels, presented by The Clinton Foundations and The Reuben Foundation. The evening, hosted by Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Gwyneth Paltrow and Will i Am took place on the 22nd May 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images for Clinton Foundation Fundraiser)
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is taking exception to a campaign ad by Mitt Romney that asserts that the Obama administration is weakening the work requirements for welfare.
In a statement Tuesday night, Clinton called the Republican’s assertion “not true” and the ad misleading.
The Romney ad says that President Barack Obama’s plan would “gut welfare reform” by dropping work requirements.
The administration rejects that description and says it’s not unilaterally repealing or waiving the law but giving states the chance to make changes to their welfare programs. Some Republican governors have requested that flexibility.
Clinton says he finds the Romney ad especially disappointing because Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, sought changes in the welfare law that Clinton says could have eliminated time limits important to the reform effort.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
