New Balance claims Obama administration promised shoe contract for silence on TPP

From Hot Air:

New Balance, a Boston company that makes athletic shoes, says someone from the Obama administration promised to help get the company a substantial military contract in exchange for the company ending its vocal opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.

Despite the promise, no order for shoes was ever placed by the Pentagon, so now the company is renewing its opposition to TPP. The Boston Globe reported Tuesday:

“We swallowed the poison pill that is TPP so we could have a chance to bid on these contracts,” said Matt LeBretton, New Balance’s vice president of public affairs. “We were assured this would be a top-down approach at the Department of Defense if we agreed to either support or remain neutral on TPP. [But] the chances of the Department of Defense buying shoes that are made in the USA are slim to none while Obama is president.”

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Notice, first, that’s not a denial of the claim made by New Balance. Second, it ignores the thrust of that claim, actually misstates it. New Balance isn’t changing its stance because of the procurement process. New Balance says it changed its stance (to silence) only because of the promise of a Pentagon contract. If the US Trade Rep objects to New Balance changing its stance because of the procurement process then it ought to be saluting their decision not to be swayed by it and to object to the deal.

I sure everyone is just shocked, I tell you shocked, that the Obama Regime DIDN'T keep their word.....