Vice President Joe Biden visited North Carolina Tuesday afternoon as part of the Democratic presidential campaign.

After canceling a first attempt to land at Charlotte Douglas International Airport due to a thunder cloud storm cell sitting on top of the airport runway, the vice president and motorcade successfully made the second landing attempt.

“Air Force Two had a ‘missed approach’ to the runway and proceeded to circle the area while waiting for the weather to clear. Once the weather cleared, the aircraft came back in and then landed on the second approach with no problems,” the vice president’s office said.

After landing, Biden spoke at The Fillmore Charlotte, criticizing Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s stance on tax reform. He said the Republican’s policies would hurt the middle and lower classes by giving tax cuts to the rich and raising taxes for the middle class.

Biden blamed former president George W. Bush for the recession the country is facing.

“They talk about the Great Recession like it fell out of the sky in 2008,” Biden said, also placing the blame on Bush’s tax cuts and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “What did it do? It produced the Great Recession, which absolutely eviscerated the middle class.”

Biden also commented on the leaked video in which Romney discounted 47 percent of Americans, saying they will vote for President Barack Obama because they are government freeloaders who pay no income taxes, calling themselves “victims” who will not “take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”

Both Biden and Obama have made a note to mention Romney’s off-the-cuff comments during the campaign.

After leaving Charlotte, Biden traveled to UNC-Asheville, delivering similar remarks to the ones earlier in the day.

Obama and Romney will face off Wednesday Oct. 3 from 9-10:30 p.m. in a presidential debate on the topic of domestic policy.