Biden to hecklers at Philly..speech: ‘They’re entitled to be outrageous’

Source: The Hill | September 1, 2022 | Alex Gangitano

Biden to hecklers at Philadelphia primetime speech: ‘They’re entitled to be outrageous’

President Biden on Thursday responded to the hecklers during his prime-time speech in Philadelphia, saying that a democracy allows them to protest.

“They’re entitled to be outrageous. This is a democracy,” the president said in the middle of his remarks.

Protesters yelled from outside of the Independence National Historical Park: “Let’s go, Brandon” and “F Joe Biden.” The phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” quickly became a political slogan adopted former President Trump’s base after a TV commentator mistakenly interpreted a crowd chanting of “f— Joe Biden” as “Let’s Go Brandon,” in support of NASCAR driver Brandon Brown.

Biden’s speech on Thursday was centered around warning that Trump and Republicans aligned with him are threats to the country. It was framed beforehand as remarks about “the soul of the nation.” 

Biden also snapped back at those yelling during his remarks, saying, “good manners is nothing they’ve ever suffered from,” according to Reuters White House reporter Jeff Mason

The president emphasized in his remarks the danger of MAGA-aligned Republicans, arguing that they cast doubt on election results, spread conspiracy theories, attack law enforcement, do not respect the Constitution and have blind loyalty for Trump.

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    I’m glad the President made this speech. He laid out just what Trump and his followers, including those in the GOP, are all about. He said what many had suspected for a long time, but no one would say so officially. The Trump cult is a hate-filled, violent group of extremists out to destroy this nation. He tried to work with them, but they refused — instead, heaping upon him abuse and blame — while at the same time laying the groundwork for their mission to restore Trump to the presidency by any means necessary, legal or illegal.

    He could have reacted badly to the hecklers like his predecessor. But he did not. He did what we had always expected of a president — stayed classy.

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