Hennepin County Commissioner calls protesters anarchists, socialists and flower children
A Hennepin County Commissioner criticized the hundreds of people who are protesting Wall Street and the financial sector at the Hennepin County Government Center. The protest is modeled after the protests against economic inequality occurring in New York City.
Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson told the Midwest Republican Leadership Conference in Bloomington that he was happier to be there than at his government center office.
"Because of you, I don't have to spend my Friday afternoon with a thousand or so clueless, obnoxious and frankly very messy anarchists or socialists or flower children or whatever they call themselves," Johnson said. "Instead I get to spend my time with 1,000 or so patriots."
Johnson also serves as Minnesota's Republican National Committeeman. Two members of the Independence Party, Former Governor Jesse Ventura and former U.S. Senator Dean Barkley attended the protest and hailed the efforts of the protesters.
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