MOUNT PLEASANT – Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement drowned out Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann during a foreign policy speech yesterday in South Carolina.
About 30 people rose in unison and began shouting a scripted message 10 minutes into Ms Bachmann’s address aboard the USS Yorktown, a second World War aircraft carrier. The group accused Bachmann of “dividing Americans”. “You cater to the 1 per cent,” they yelled.
Ms Bachmann stopped speaking and was escorted from the stage by police.
After about three minutes, the protesters shouted: “Have a pleasant day” and marched out chanting: “We are the 99 per cent”.
