At least he didn’t play the race card.
Via RCP:
“It’s hard to respond to Newt with those kind of ridiculous statements,” Vice President Biden told Good Morning America.
“Do they actually think that President Barack Obama wants to put everybody on food stamps? I don’t know what they mean by it quite frankly… There must be some base they’re trying to appeal to. I just don’t know.”
“The president talked about what we do think is fair,” Biden said. “It’s fair to give the middle class a fighting shot here, to bring home jobs, to incentivize companies to come home and manufacture here.”