Liberals have been racing to embrace the Occupy Wall Street protests as a left-leaning response to the tea party, but the protesters aren’t exactly returning the favor.

As President Barack Obama praised the movement that approached his doorstep today, some of the protesters outside the White House held signs calling him a war criminal and brandished baby dolls covered in red paint to signify children who have been killed in drone attacks.

“The protesters are giving voice to a more broad-based frustration about how our financial system works,” Obama told reporters during a news conference.

His comments came on the heels of widespread support from labor unions, Members of Congress and liberal advocacy groups for the Wall Street protests against corporate greed that were inspired by the Arab Spring.

“I’m so proud to see the Occupy Wall Street movement standing up to this rampant corporate greed and peacefully participating in our democracy,” Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) said in a statement Wednesday. Protesters on Saturday began a sustained camp in Washington, D.C., called Occupy DC, and similar protests are springing up in cities around the country.