Eric Cantor Raises Cash, Draws Protesters For Wall Street Ties

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/31/eric-cantor-wall-street-fundraising-protests_n_1068220.html


Due in part to his Wall Street ties, Cantor has drawn protests or the threat of protests at recent public appearances. At a speech Monday at the University of Michigan, a crowd of protesters gathered outside with signs like "RIP MIddle Class." Cantor spoke at Northwestern University Friday, drawing about 75 protestors. Cantor cancelled a speech at the University of Pennsylvania earlier this month after the university decided to open it to the public.

Cantor criticized the Occupy Wall Street protests at the Values Voters Summit in Washington earlier this month. "If you read the newspapers today, I, for one, am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying Wall Street and the other cities across the country," he said. He later said protestors are "justifiably frustrated" with the economy.

Cantor voted against the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law and called it "another step in the direction of trying to prescribe from Washington the outcomes across the economy."