OWS Protesters Disrupt Bachmann Speech

Harriet McLeod
Reuters
November 11, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was about 10 minutes into a foreign policy speech in South Carolina on Thursday when she was drowned out by the shouting of protesters.

About 30 people rose in unison and began shouting a scripted message during Bachmann’s address aboard the USS Yorktown, a World War Two aircraft carrier.

The group, which later identified itself as being part of Occupy Charleston, accused Bachmann of “dividing Americans” and promoting discrimination.

“You cater to the 1 percent,” they yelled.

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This article was posted: Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7:22 am

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