--- title: Mitt Romney Attacks Hillary Clinton: 'Clueless' description: Said to be "seriously considering" another run at the White House, the former Republican presidential nominee will attack the Democratic frontrunner as 'clueless' on foreign policy and the economy canonical: https://time.com/3686158/mitt-romney-hillary-clinton-attack/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-28T17:51:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T14:52:58.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mitt Romney Attacks Hillary Clinton: 'Clueless' og:description: Said to be "seriously considering" another run at the White House, the former Republican presidential nominee will attack the Democratic frontrunner as 'clueless' on foreign policy and the economy og:url: https://time.com/3686158/mitt-romney-hillary-clinton-attack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4f290cb4493985/69877a52cd1bba49666f4ae5/mitt-romney1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6144 og:image:height: 3456 og:image:alt: Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland in 2013. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mitt Romney Attacks Hillary Clinton: 'Clueless' twitter:description: Said to be "seriously considering" another run at the White House, the former Republican presidential nominee will attack the Democratic frontrunner as 'clueless' on foreign policy and the economy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4f290cb4493985/69877a52cd1bba49666f4ae5/mitt-romney1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mitt Romney to Attack Hillary Clinton in Speech > Sponsored content. 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Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland in 2013.Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Updated: Jan 24, 2024 2:52 PM UTCPublished: Jan 28, 2015 5:51 PM UTC Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will make his most forceful public case yet against likely Democratic contender Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions in a speech Wednesday at Mississippi State University. According to his prepared remarks, Romney, who said earlier this month he is “[seriously considering](http://time.com/3672657/romney-republicans-poverty-2016/)” another White House bid, will seek to tie the former Secretary of State’s record to that of President Barack Obama, who defeated him in the 2012 election. Romney laid out a three-pronged message for a potential candidacy in an [address](http://time.com/3672657/romney-republicans-poverty-2016/) to the Republican National Committee in San Diego, but it largely focused on Obama, not his would-be Democratic rival. “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cluelessly pressed a reset button for Russia, which smiled and then invaded Ukraine, a sovereign nation,” Romney is to say. “The Middle East and much of North Africa is in chaos. China grows more assertive and builds a navy that will be larger than ours in five years. We shrink our nuclear capabilities as Russia upgrades theirs.” Romney will also reference Clinton’s [comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyUoCiWsTfI) last year in a stump speech for Democratic Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley that “don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.” “How can Secretary Clinton provide opportunity for all if she doesn’t know where jobs come from in the first place?” Romney will say. Clinton aides [later said](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/hillary-clinton-jobs-comment-112225.html) she had misspoken and meant to refer to tax breaks for businesses, but the line is sure to be a potent GOP attack in the coming campaign. Romney is also set to restate his new focus on raising people out of poverty, a policy area on which his 2008 and 2012 campaigns were largely silent. The former Massachusetts governor has been calling donors as he works to retain his political network should he decide to mount a third White House bid. But he faces new challenges this cycle, including a crowded field of qualified candidates and his self-inflicted wounds from the 2012 cycle. Many Republicans have [openly expressed](http://time.com/3670945/mitt-romney-gop-2016-presidential-bid/) their preference that Romney step aside to allow a new generation of leaders to step up. Democratic National Committee Communications Director Mo Elleithee responded to Romney’s attack on Clinton Wednesday afternoon in a statement. “We don’t really need to hear a lecture on ‘where jobs come from’ from a guy who’s best known for bankrupting companies and profiting off of outsourcing,” he said. “Under this Administration, we just saw the strongest year for job growth since the 1990s, and we’ve created 11 million private sector jobs. I don’t know if Mitt Romney thinks 47% of those folks are ‘takers,’ but I am sure he’s not the right guy to talk about expanding opportunity.” Excerpts of Romney’s remarks as prepared for delivery are below: --- > “” --- ### See the 2016 Candidates Looking Very Presidential  Sen. Ted Cruz is surrounded by stars and stripes at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. on September 26, 2014. Mark Peterson—Redux  Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton gazes pensively into the distance at Iowa Senator Tom Harken'a annual Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa on September 14, 2014. Brooks Kraft—Corbis for TIME  Jeb Bush Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush flashes a power watch before giving his keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in Washington on Nov. 20, 2014. Susan Walsh—AP  Bernie Sanders waves to supporters after officially announcing his candidacy for the U.S. presidency during an event at Waterfront Park in Burlington, Vermont, on May 26, 2015. 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