COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

#occupybaltimore Mic Checks Karl Rove ... and Karl Rove does not respond well ... Karl Rove Flips Out At Protesters: ‘Who Gave You The Right To Occupy America?’

Watch Occupy Baltimore confront Rove:

Last night, former Bush official Karl Rove appeared at Johns Hopkins University to speak as a part of the annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium. Rove soon discovered that he wasn’t going to deliver his right-wing rhetoric unopposed, as a cry of “Mic Check!” rang out among the audience. “Karl Rove is the architect of Occupy Iraq, the architect of Occupy Afghanistan!” yelled the demonstrators. Occupy Baltimore had infiltrated the crowd and began chanting against Rove. “Who gave you the right to occupy America?” asked Rove to the protesters, apparently unaware of the Bill of Rights. As they repeated their slogan, “We are the 99 percent!” Rove petulantly responded, “No you’re not!” He snidely added, “You wanna keep jumping up and yelling that you’re the 99 percent? How presumptuous and arrogant can you think are!”

About 15 protesters were asked to leave and some were forcibly removed. No one was arrested.