Ford debunked Republican Party's presidential candidate Donald Trump for his statement, citing that they are moving jobs from Ohio to Mexico which would cost Americans their jobs.

During the first presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump said Ford's small car division is leaving Michigan, presumably taking with it thousands of jobs. He also mentioned Ohio and cites, "this cannot be allowed to happen anymore."

Furthermore, he charged the practice be stopped to prevent jobs from "being stolen from us," and declared that companies must be stopped from leaving the United States and firing all of their people.

After Trump's pronouncement, Ford decided to put the record straight and responded via Twitter. The infographic tweet cites that it has more hourly employees and that they produce more vehicles than any other U.S. automaker. Ford also claimed in the said tweet that the company created nearly 28,000 jobs in the U.S. with $12.5 Billion in investment in U.S. plants.

According to Forbes, Ford spokesperson Christin Baker said that the company has actually moved from Mexico to Ohio. In the same report, Baker said that they have insourced the production of the F650 and 750 trucks and tractors from Mexico to Ohio from 2014 onwards.

Though it is indeed true that Ford is moving its small car division to Mexico, as reported by The Washington Post, Ford states that American workers will not lose their jobs as charged by Trump. They will be producing larger vehicles instead of the small cars that their plants are currently building. Notwithstanding, Trump, as quoted by Reuters, called the shift "an absolute disgrace" a few months back.

Meanwhile, in an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow, Ford CEO Mark Fields said that "It's really unfortunate when politics get in the way of the facts." Harlow asked if Ford would cut any U.S. jobs as part of its plans to build a new plant in Mexico, wherein Fields responded "Absolutely not. Zero. Not one job will be lost. Most of our investment is here in the US. And that's the way it will continue to be."

Topics Donald trump, Mexico, Michigan, Ohio