During a press conference Thursday afternoon, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi praised those participating in the “Occupy Wall Street” protests. “God bless them,” Pelosi said, “for their spontaneity. It’s independent … it’s young, it’s spontaneous, and it’s focused. And it’s going to be effective.”
“The message of the protesters is a message for the establishment everyplace,” said the House Democrats’ leader. “No longer will the recklessness of some on Wall Street cause massive joblessness on Main Street.”
Pelosi did not comment on–and was not asked about–the law-breaking that occurred during the protest over the weekend. About 700 protesters were arrested by New York City police after the protesters “swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours,” according to CBS News.
When the Tea Party movement emerged in 2009, then-Speaker of the House Pelosi called them “astroturf” and “un-American” people who were “carrying swastikas.”
(Source: The Weekly Standard)
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Of course!
Any protesting that isn’t unionized has to be terrorists!
spontaneity? Move org is behind it with George Soros more lies from the developer of the fall of the economy [obamacare pass it to look inside] The working Americans are not that dumb pelosi
Funny. She wasn’t singing the same tune about the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party protests which were non-violent with NO arrests.
So when its the uber left who want mommy govt to take care of everything from cradle to grave that’s good for her (even though she stands to lose her millions of net worth!) but when its a bunch of civilized people from across the party spectrum complaining of high taxes & too much govt spending, that’s no good????
Mrs Pelosi, the unfortunate thing is that you are sent to Washington by a bunch of uber leftists like yourself who know nothing oth than what the textbooks at UC Berkeley say which is why California is so messed up. California should be given back to Mexico or whomever and this country will be better for it!
This is the first and only time that Pelosi agrees with me and not visa versa.
Homeless, why did you change your name? You can’t hide behind a new name. What do you agree with plaster face about?