Pelosi Supports Occupy Wall Street Movement: GOP didn't object to tea party

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-supports-occupy-wall-street-movement/story?id=14696893

House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she supports the growing nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement, which began on the streets of downtown New York City in mid-September.

"I support the message to the establishment, whether it's Wall Street or the political establishment and the rest, that change has to happen," said Pelosi in an exclusive interview with ABC News "This Week" anchor Christiane Amanpour. "We cannot continue in a way this is not relevant to their lives."

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Pelosi lashed back at Cantor, saying that American democracy allows for public expression.

"How they characterize someone who may disagree with them, that says more about them," said Pelosi.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/10/09/pelosi_gop_didnt_object_to_tea_party_taunts/
Pelosi: GOP didn’t object to tea party taunts, why complain about Wall St. protest?
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says she agrees with protesters from Wall Street to Washington who are saying most of the country isn’t getting a fair shake from the financial and political establishments.

Republicans are criticizing the protesters’ message as divisive. Asked to respond, the California Democrat said on ABC’s “This Week” that the GOP didn’t object to the tea party’s in-your-face protests against members of Congress in last year’s elections.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/09/nancy-pelosi-wall-street-protests_n_1002289.html
Nancy Pelosi Weighs In On Wall Street Protests, Pushes Back On Eric Cantor's 'Growing Mobs' Criticism
"I didn't hear him say anything when the Tea Party was out actually spitting on members of Congress," Pelosi said, referring to a 2010 event on Capitol Hill in which a Tea Party protester spit on Rep. Emanual Cleaver (D-Mo.).