California Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein had some tought words for Occupy Wall Street protesters on Wednesday, saying they need to craft a coherent message.
“There are all kinds of different agendas going on [and it is] hard to figure out what people want,” Ms. Feinstein said Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“I don’t think” the protesters have the right to ‘Occupy’ forever, she added. “I don’t think people, for example, can sleep in a square for weeks on end. You have to have some order to it.”
The California Democrat made the comment just hours after demonstrators rallied behind around a wounded Iraq vet injured in a clash with police in Oakland, California. The show of force in Oakland along with SWAT arrests in Atlanta have sent chills among some anti-Wall Street demonstrators, and protesters elsewhere rallied in support around the injured veteran, Scott Olsen.
Ms. Feinstein is the latest member of Congress to comment on the movement. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Republican, faced criticism earlier this month when he referred to the protest as a “mob.”
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which started in New York City’s Financial District and has spread to various cities from there, is inspired by frustration with corporate greed, according to organizers.
