On November 12 , 2011 , Makana , who had performed previously at the White House , turned a gig performing at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation dinner in Honolulu , attended by President Barack Obama and the leaders of 18 other nations , into a political protest by opening his suit jacket to reveal a T-shirt reading `` Occupy people.place_lived Aloha '' and singing his song , `` We Are the Many , '' for 45 minutes , in support of the Occupy movement .

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura expressed his support for the movement and attended an Occupy people.place_lived in Minneapolis .