More than a thousand teachers, transit workers, students and environmentalists from across New Jersey protested outside of Livingston High School as Gov. Christie announced his presidential bid.
Protesters gathered around a large blow-up camel with the words, "It's Hump Day," etched on its back, "to bring attention to the fact that workers and commuters were being screwed by this governor," said Ray Greaves with the Amalgamated Transit Union in New Jersey.
Greaves said Christie cut mass transit and increased fares, hurting workers and commuters.
"Now it seems like every day is hump day in New Jersey," he said. “We have a governor that cares more about pig farms in Ohio then he does about people and workers in New Jersey."
Hundreds of public school teachers arrived on buses wearing red and carrying signs calling Christie a bully and a liar with an uncontrollable temper.
Ikechukwu Onyema, a chemistry teacher at East Orange High School, said announcing his presidential bid at a public school was a slap in the face to educators.
“He’s a hypocrite,” Onyema said. “His policies seem to contradict any inclination that he actually favors public schools.”