“When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”
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PolitiFact says: New Hampshire Republican gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on several companies’ boards, including Blackstone since 2019 and Caterpillar from 2017 to 2023. But the ad overstates those companies' role in layoffs.