Ryan formally accepted his nomination at the 2012 Republican National Convention on August 29 , 2012 . In his acceptance speech , he promoted Mitt Romney as the presidential candidate , supported repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( PPACA ) , said that he and Romney had a plan to generate 12 million new jobs over the ensuing four years , and promoted founding principles as a solution : " We will not duck the tough issues — we will lead . We will not spend four years blaming others — we will take responsibility . We will not try to replace our founding principles , we will reapply our founding principles . " The speech was well received by the convention audience and praised for being well-delivered . Some fact-checkers purported that there were important factual omissions and that he presented details out of context . Conservative media ( including Jennifer Rubin of '' The Washington Post '' , the Investor 's Business Daily , and Fox News ) disputed some of the fact-checkers ' findings . Politifact.com rated 33 of Ryan 's statements which it suspected of being false or misleading as True : 10.5 % , Mostly True : 18 % , Half True : 21 % , Mostly False : 36 % , False : 9 % , and Pants on Fire : 6 % . On October 11 , 2012 , Ryan debated his Democratic counterpart , incumbent Vice President Joe Biden , in the only vice presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle
2012 Republican National Convention
2012 Republican National Convention
Paul Ryan