(WHAS11) - When Vice President Joe Biden crossed the river to Southern Indiana just before noon on Monday, he was met by both protesters and supporters.
About a dozen people gathered in front of Kye's in Jeffersonville to greet the Vice President with chants of "We love Biden." But far more people gathered to rally against the democratic agenda on the other side of the street.
"We are put out with these politicians who no longer care what the people think," said Bill Crace, who is a member of the Clark County Tea Party Patriots. "All the polls show that the people don't agree with what's going on, but we get it anyway. We're here to protest that."
"I am here in protest of higher taxes, out of control spending the the ramming of legislature down our throats," said Lisa Morris, who is also part of the Clark County Tea Party Patriots. "We feel we're being taxed without representation."
The group carried signs and shouted to the cars that passed over the Second Street bridge. Many cars honked as they passed.
Republican Todd Lally, who is running for Louisville's 3rd district Congressional seat against Rep. John Yarmuth (D), spoke at the rally.
"We're unhappy with the direction of our country," said Lally. "They come in here and they preach about jobs coming to our community when, in fact, we still have 10% unemployment in Jefferson County. I'm here to say you can toot your own horn, but the scoreboard says something else.
Protesters vowed to have their voices heard at the polls in November.
"I am just fed up to here with the policies that are going on," said Sandra Scott, from Sellersburg, Indiana. "I've never been an activist, but this year I'm going to be out there and we're going to vote these people out in 2010 and again in 2012."
