Biden says Romney 'consistently wrong' on jobs
Source: The Daily Comet/A.P.
Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is "consistently wrong" on U.S. manufacturing, painting him as someone who doesn't believe the sector is crucial to future U.S. economic success and as a proponent of outsourcing.
Seeking to frame the choice that voters could face in November, Biden used a speech in politically important Iowa to reject Romney's argument that his background as a business executive makes him better suited to turn around the economy than President Barack Obama.
Biden mocked Romney for allowing state contractors to set up call centers in India while he was Massachusetts governor, and said the Bain Capital private equity firm Romney once headed had shipped jobs overseas after acquiring companies in the 1990s.
"Mitt, thanks for the memories," Biden said with a laugh, referring to a South Carolina photo album factory that closed after Bain Capital bought it.
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