Chris Christie weighed in on the Occupy Wall Street protesters yesterday asserting that they "come from the same perspective" but have "different solutions."
"What they are saying is, that 'Government is not working for me anymore, government is not being fair and government is not helping me the way it should,'" he added.
Christie said that he didn't agree with the solutions of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, but said, "I understand why they are angry."
This is a bit of a disappointment for conservatives, who look to Christie for angry "YouTube moments" deriding liberals.
Christie's attempt to equate the two movements will draw a lot of fire from conservatives, who bristle at any comparison of Occupy Wall Street to the Tea Party.
Update: My colleague Philip Klein examines this further: Christie gets it wrong on OWS and Tea Party
