When President Barack Obama was heckled during a speech to Israeli students in Jerusalem on Thursday, the U.S. media reported that the heckler was a student calling for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. On CNN, Wolf Blitzer even devoted an entire segment to the issue. However, Israeli media reported that the hecker was apparently an… Read more »
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President Obama Cut Off By A Heckler Amid Speech To Israeli Students
Amid a speech to students in Jerusalem affirming the close relationship between the United States and Israel, President Barack Obama was cut off by an Israeli heckler. Obama stopped his speech midway to allow the heckler to finish. After the heckler was rushed out of the auditorium, the president was given a standing ovation by… Read more »
MSNBC Contributor Crosses The Line, Insists Most CPAC-Goers Supported Pro-Slavery Heckler
MSNBC contributor and editor of The Grio, Joy-Ann Reid, joined Chris Matthews on Monday for a postmortem discussion on the Conservative Political Action Conference. The MSNBC guests dug into an event at CPAC which focused on the affinity that opponents of the Republican Party have for insinuating, or directly stating in some cases, that conservative… Read more »
John McCain Defends Anti-Immigration GOP Heckler He Battled With At Town Hall Meeting
During a town hall meeting in Arizona, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was confronted with a number of residents who were upset over talks about immigration reform in Washington and what they see as a lack of progress in securing the nation’s southern border. On Sunday, McCain appeared on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy… Read more »