WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Chris Christie fired back at a group who heckled him during a campaign appearance for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Iowa, according to a report on QuadCityTimes.com.

The group of about two dozen Occupy Iowa protesters chanted, "make Wall Street Pay" and "put people first" about five minutes into Christie's speech at the Kum & Go retail and service station chain. They also shouted that Christie and Romney serve the "corporate one percent."

As the group was escorted out by security, Christie told them to "work it out. Work it out for yourselves" and referred to them as "jokers."

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Christie also took a verbal swipe at President Obama during the appearance, blaming him for the Occupy Wall Street protesters' "anger", according to NBCNewYork.com.



""He's a typical cynical Chicago ward politician, who runs for office and promises everything and then comes to office and disappoints," Christie said. "And so their anger is rooted not in me or Mitt Romney, their anger is rooted in the fact that they believed in this hope and change garbage they were sold three years ago."

“So now they're angry but they’re not mature enough to know they should be angry with themselves,” he said.

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