Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain amplified his criticism of Occupy Wall Street protesters on Sunday, saying demonstrators are “playing the victim card.”
“Part of it is jealousy,” Mr. Cain said during his appearance on Face the Nation. “I stand by that. And here’s why I don’t have a lot of patience with that. My parents, they never played the victim card. My parents never said, ‘We hope that the rich people lose something so we can get something.’ No, my dad’s idea was, ‘I want to work hard enough so I can buy a Cadillac — not take somebody else’s.”
Mr. Cain, who continues to enjoy growing support, made the comment just days after criticizing the growing protest as little more than “anti-American.” Speaking earlier in the week, Mr. Cain said the protests are “anti-American” and “anti-capitalism.” “I don’t have a lot of patience for people who want to protest the success of somebody else,” the Georgia Republican said.
Mr. Cain is the latest Republican to offer his opinion on the growing protests. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addressed the Occupy Wall Street protest movement on Monday, saying the ongoing demonstrations were triggered by people looking for “scapegoats to attack.”
“Don’t attack a whole class of Americans, whether they’re rich or poor, white or black. This isn’t the time for divisiveness,” Mr. Romney said, speaking at a town hall in New Hampshire.
