Vice President Joe Biden scored the first zinger of the vice presidential debate Thursday, slamming his Republican opponent Paul Ryan over his criticism of the Obama administration's response to the attack on the U.S. consultate in Libya.
"With all due respect that's a bunch of malarkey," Biden said. "Not a single thing he said was true."
The vice president's remark was in response to Ryan's claim that the Obama administration botched it's response to the attack on the consulate, which resulted in the death of four members of U.S. diplomatic corps, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya. Ryan also defended the Romney campaign's response to the attacks, which was widely panned as rash and inappropriate.
"I don't understand what my friend here is talking about," Biden said, pointing out that Ryan voted to cut funding for U.S. embassy security. "These guys bet against America all the time."
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