Protesters target Corker’s office

A group of about 30 protesters picketed Thursday outside Sen. Bob Corker’s (R-Tenn.) Nashville office, demanding he do more to create and preserve jobs.

The Tennessean reported that many of the protesters were affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and carried signs reading “Save the American Dream” and “Jobs Not Cuts.”

“Budget cuts affect real people,” said Freda Player, a political consultant with SEIU. “If I can’t afford to buy food to put on the table because they keep cutting and cutting, that’s going to affect the economy.”

The conservative Corker voted in favor of a piece of legislation earlier this month that raised the debt ceiling and will eventually cut about $2.5 trillion from federal spending.

Earlier this week, Corker said he wished there had been deeper cuts and described voting for the bill as “kind of like kissing your sister.”

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