Occupy protesters heckle Mitt Romney, escorted out ... again.
Mitt Romney drew more than 1,100 people to a grassroots rally at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford tonight. In fact, 450 locals were forced into an overflow room, while 650 remained stage front in the cafeteria. At least 30 of those in attendance were Occupy protesters. Entering with plastic Romney signs, the OWS clan mixed with the crowd until Romney brought up the economy. Almost instantaneously, jeers began to ring out from Occupiers throughout the cafeteria, where the event was being held. Just as quickly, pro-Romney cheers drowned out the "Romney kills jobs" and "elections got bought out, voters got sold out" chants. The candidate engaged one protester, Diane Moxley (click the video to the right), though she was escorted out by …
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Romney dives into exchange about the 1% during NH stop.
An Occupy protester was the first questioner Mitt Romney called at his town hall-meeting Wednesday in Manchester, N.H., and the two engaged in a back-and-forth on economic policies. "Would you reverse corporate-centric economic policies?" asked Mark Provost, who identified himself with Occupy Boston and Occupy New Hampshire. Romney patiently waited him out, then began responding until Provost interjected. See video for their exchange. New Hampshire voters trying to catch presidential campaign stops ahead of Tuesday's primary may hear more from Occupy protesters. An offshoot of Occupy Wall Street has formed a protest arm, Occupy the New Hampshire Primary, which will hold events this weekend in the state. In Iowa, Occupy outbursts and …
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Matthew Richards
3:13 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Jaque is right. I'm from Occupy NH and I was there with a sign. We brought a bunch of people who were in from Wall St with us, so it wasn't just NH peeps. Romney's staff kicked me out before I could chant. lol. This is the first time I actually get to see the video. more ›