“My father’s hands didn’t build this company? My hands didn’t build this company?” Gilchrist says in the Web ad. “President Obama, you’re killing us out here. Through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. Why are you demonizing us for it?”
Obama’s original comment was made during a campaign event in Virginia last week. The full passage began with Obama saying, “If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own.”