Despite Rapes, Riots, Card-Carrying Nazis, Physical Attacks On Businesses And Calls To Murder Police, Carney Says Obama Still Backs #OccupyWallStreet
Oct 28, 2011 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
In the early days of Occupy Wall Street, the simple if loosely-defined notions that propelled the action made it safe and relatively easy for political leaders, including President Obama, to express some solidarity.
But now it’s getting complicated.
Occupy Wall Street is costing cities millions in security and cleanup. The movement still has public support, but violent clashes in spots like Oakland and prolonged urban camp outs in cities including Washington create a potentially awkward scenario for some who were quick to embrace it.
“Look, people are frustrated,” President Obama said earlier this week of the protests on “The Tonight Show.”
“What this signals is that people in leadership, whether it’s corporate leadership, leaders in the banks, leaders in Washington, everybody needs to understand that the American people feel like nobody is looking out for them right now,” Obama said.
Earlier, ahead of his most recent bus tour of North Carolina and Virginia in support of the American Jobs Act, the Whit
