U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent running for president as a Democrat, said General Motors should be frozen out of federal contracts for how it handled the Lordstown factory’s closure. Here’s what you need to know:

-Sanders made the proclamation Sunday at Lordstown High School during a town hall with union members.

-He said companies that close American factories down to transfer jobs overseas should be barred from federal contracts.

-"If entities like General Motors think that they can throw workers out on the street while they’re making billions of profit, and then move to Mexico and pay starvation wages and then line up for federal contracts, they’ve got another thing coming,” he said.

-Ohio Republican Party Chairwoman Jane Timken said before Sanders’ appearance he was out of touch with Ohioans. She added that Republicans shoulder none of the blame for factory closures despite controlling Ohio state government nearly universally for the last three decades.

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