[Biden tailored his speech to the student audience with a focus on the Obama administration’s support of education through Pell Grants, as compared to cuts in education budgets he said would result from the budget planned by Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
The Ryan budget would “eviscerate” funding for public education, Biden said.
Biden wove in an attack on Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., through recently publicized remarks from a fundraising event in May, at which Romney said there are 47 percent of Americans “who are dependent on government, who believe they are victims.”
Biden framed the Romney quote, which the crowd booed, as a “bet against the American people,” and responded to the crowd’s reaction with, “I don’t need your boos. I need your help.”
Biden said the quote illustrated that Romney sees America differently than Biden does.
“This is not a country of victims,” Biden said.
“How could he be so profoundly wrong about America? How is that possible?” Biden asked. “Not in my neighborhood. Not where I grew up. Not the people I know.”
Biden went on to say that the Democratic Party does believe in aiding citizens who need help, focusing his examples on education.
“None of us would be standing here today if someone did not reach out and give us a hand in the form of a scholarship or loan,” he said.
Biden also noted the Republican Party’s opposition to gay marriage and women’s reproductive rights, in remarks that drew strong cheers from the primarily student crowd.
According to Biden, the modern Republican Party is more conservative on social issues than it was in the past.
“This is not your father’s Republican Party,” he said.]
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