Obama Says Wall Street Protests Similar to Tea Party Frustration
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President Barack Obama said the Occupy Wall Street movement was born of many of the same sentiments that led to the Tea Party movement.
“I understand the frustrations being expressed in those protests,” Obama said in an interview with ABC News. “In some ways, they’re not that different from some of the protests that we saw coming from the Tea Party. Both on the left and the right, I think people feel separated from their government. They feel that their institutions aren’t looking out for them.”