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November 5, 2012 - 12:01 am ET

During the political superstorm last week, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne vehemently denied statements from the Mitt Romney campaign that Jeep production was moving from Ohio to China. But the strongest retort came from Ralph Gilles, Chrysler's usually mild-mannered design boss.

When Romney supporter Donald Trump tweeted that President Obama "bails out Chrysler and now Chrysler wants to send all Jeep manufacturing to China -- and will!"

Gilles responded with a tweet of his own, telling Trump: "You are full of [fill in the blank]!"

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