N.J. Gov. Christie Gets Owned By #Occupy
(Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ® shakes hands with NJ Governor Chris Christie after Christie endorsed him on October 11, 2011, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Credit: Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The event was designed to advance the campaign of Mitt Romney, but it couldn’t have been less Romney-esque. There were hecklers, confrontations with the audience, and plenty of references to New Jersey, and its governor, Chris Christie.
The Garden State governor was the evening’s headliner at a campaign event for Romney, whom Christie has endorsed for the presidential nomination. But within minutes of Christie’s entrance on a stage at the headquarters of Kum & Go, an Iowa-based gas station and convenience store chain, protesters took over the room, commandeering a microphone and surrounding Christie.
“Mic Check: Mitt Romney and Chris Christie serve the corporate 1 percent,” they chanted. “Bust up big banks / make Wall Street pay / Put people first.”
The demonstration was quickly quelled and the demonstrators, members of the Occupy Iowa Caucus group, removed. But Christie seemed to enjoy the confrontation, joking that “soon they’ll be working at the Marriott around the corner” and describing his detractors as “disillusioned and disappointed” Obama supporters.
“They believed in this hope and change garbage,” he said. “So I understand they’re angry.”
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