Obama summarily dismisses a heckler in a manner that illustrates the ineffectiveness of Trump’s campaign ineptitude.
Obama ridicules a seemingly paid heckler at Cleveland rally
President Obama in his usual relaxed and civil manner provided a clinic in handling Donald Trump’s apparent paid heckler intent on disrupting Hillary Clinton’s rally. Obama was in the middle of highlighting his administration’s successes. An apparently paid heckler started to shout as he displayed some banners.
“Hold on a second young man,” Obama said in his normally cool demeanor. “Don’t be interrupting everybody. Come on.”
Obama told everyone to chant ‘Hillary! Hillary!’ The heckler was rendered ineffective. But then Obama started slicing this guy’s act only as the President can.
“Alright, I think we are okay now,” Obama said. “I noticed this has been happening everywhere. And I keep on telling folks you’ve got to organize your own rallies. If you are confident about the other guy, just go to his rallies. I feel confident about my candidate; that’s why I am at this rally. So you don’t have to spend time over here. Go knock on some doors for your guy. That’s a better way for you to spend the time. Unless you are just being paid to be here. In which case, hey, you know, everybody gotta make a living. Where was I.”
President Obama, without rancor, dispatches a likely paid heckler. He then moves on. It is so much different than what occurs at Donald Trump’s rallies where violence is the modus operandi. Last night Obama gave an
Last night Obama gave an impassioned excoriation of Donald Trump and a Trump enabling Republican Party. “If your only organizing principle has been to block progress,” Obama continued. “And block what we tried to do to help the American people every step of the way? So you are not even consistent anymore. You claim the mantle of the party of family values. And this is the guy you nominate? And stand by and endorse and campaign with? Until finally at the eleventh hour, you withdraw your nomination? You don’t get credit for that.”
Well said, Mr. President.