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Rep. Peter King Thinks OWS Eviction Was ‘Great’: ‘Just A Bunch Of Low Life Dirt Bags’ | Curmudgeonly Rep. Peter King (R-NY) thinks New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park yesterday was “great” because the activists are “just a bunch of low life dirt bags that should have gone out a long time ago.” Speaking on the Don Imus show this morning, King said the park was filled with “drugs, sex,” and had become a “cesspool for disease.” Watch it:
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