A publication called In These Times has obtained an exclusive recording of a conference call Mitt Romney made to business owners on June 6 of this year in which he explicitly states that they should pressure their workers into voting for Romney if they want to keep their jobs, taking care to note that doing so isn’t technically “illegal.”

At around twenty-six minutes into the call after talking at length about how bad Obama has been for business, Romney states:

I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future in the upcoming elections. And whether you agree with me or you agree with President Obama, or whatever your political view, I hope, I hope you pass those along to your employees.