Sanders shouts "SHUT UP" to a voter at his town hall. (Video)

[Skya Rhen]

Link to tweet

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Honestly the thought of listening to him rant and rave for another 7 months is bad enough.

I can't imagine going from Trump ranting and raving to Bernie ranting and raving for 4 years.

[LakeArenal]

17. You made me actually shudder. 😳

[Skidmore]

38. Yeah,

we were talking about that yesterday.

[PatSeg]

46. Yeah

I've thought of having to listen to him for four years from the White House and I'm afraid I'd have to tune out. I used to listen to him once week on the radio and occasionally on TV and in such small doses, he was fine. Now I can't stand the sound of his voice. He's almost always yelling and very angry. Its exhausting.


Then I try to imagine the State of the Union address, but honestly I can't.

[dumptrump1]

2. not sure what's worse.. that or lying dog faced pony soldier

I think lying dog faced pony soldier is worse.

[Skya Rhen]

5. Actually "Kill it!" is the most despicable of them all.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Plot twist! You are both right!

[Uncle Joe]

8. + all that exists.

[Demsrule86]

10. No it was a joke while Sanders was serious.

[dumptrump1]

13. the girl didn't see it that way. I guess he could have just challenged him to a fight.

That would be way more professional.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

19. Nah

Push ups.

[dumptrump1]

21. or took a creepy selfie.

That would show him!!

[George II]

3. Right after that happened the police were called to escort the man out.

[msongs]

4. oh the response would be too obvious {-) nt

[melman]

7. Oh, so we're pro-heckling now?

That's and interesting development.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

20. As long as it hits Bernie in some way N/T

[brooklynite]

25. I don't support hecklers, but I score candidates on how they handle them...

A great politician takes control of the situation. A good politician maintains a cheerful and nonplussed demeanor. A bad politician yells back.

[Butterflylady]

35. Obama is a prime example of how it's done.

[BusyBeingBest]

9. Meh. That was a deserved "shut up", grumpy-old-man is his brand anyway.

[Cha]

11. Kick

[oldsoftie]

12. Good for him. The people were being assholes. He tried to be civil to begin with.

Screw them.
And i'm FAR from a Bernie supporter.

[squirecam]

22. Agreed on every count.

Ask a question.

Then shut up and listen to the answer. Now, if Bernie had dodged the question, it wouldn’t be wrong to ask it a second time.

But that guy just seemed rude. I do wonder what the question was?

[USALiberal]

29. Thank you! nt

[Moderateguy]

14. Sanders was polite in telling this guy to shutup

I would have used much stronger words

[YOHABLO]

15. I don't know what the interaction was, I don't tweet. But I'm sure

that if Bernie was speaking and was rudely interrupted, perhaps telling him to ''shut up'' was called for.

[Blue_true]

39. So,

When Biden was interrupted by the pro-Bernie immigration activist that was right in Biden's grill, it would have been ok for Biden to tell the shouting man to "shut up" instead of Biden touching the guy first on the shoulder to get him to calm down? Was it ok for Biden to tell a young woman that claimed to have caucused before a liar instead of using an old John Wayne movie line?

Biden kept his cool, Bernie lost his in the face of opposition to what he was saying. We have enough of that behavior now with Trump.

[YOHABLO]

44. Different situations call for different kinds of responses.

It is what it is. How Biden handles his crowds makes no difference to me. I'm not the judge on that.

[Blue_true]

45. Bernie lost it when a guy was screaming at him from 15 feet,

Biden kept his cool with a guy screaming at him right in his face. It does matter.

[Mike Nelson]

16. Sounds like neither man...

... knew how to de-escalate... just kept yelling at each other!

[Blue_true]

40. Compare that to how Biden handled the immigration activist that was right in Biden's face. nt

[The_Counsel]

18. Okay, Let's Be Fair About This.

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That constituent (assuming he actually is one) seemed to be trying to be disruptive, and Sanders was trying to keep order. This would actually be a GOOD thing about being a leader.

What would the narrative be if Sanders allowed that guy to just walk all over him...?

[USALiberal]

30. Good point. nt

[Blue_true]

42. Compare how Biden handled the immigration activist that physically crowded him.

Biden did touch the guy, but in a calm way trying to get him to quite down and listen. I have no idea what Bernie would have done in a similar situation. Being a leader us about remaining calm in the face of heated opposition.

[David__77]

23. I love it!

...

[TheFarseer]

24. Any other candidate

And all of DU would be cheering them on.

[Butterflylady]

36. Evidently you haven't read any of the posts above yours.

The majority of posters agreed with what he said.

[Anaxamander]

26. Did he call him fat?

or a damn liar, like Biden? Just curious.

[berni_mccoy]

27. The guy deserved it. He was being loud and obnoxious to Bernie

[sweetloukillbot]

28. For accuracy's sake this was 2014

Still not very presidential, but it was before he was a presidential candidate.

[janterry]

31. I don't have a problem with that shut up

Really, he was calm, he kept trying to have a conversation and just wanted to set very firm limits. I don't think shut up is the best strategy - well, it's not mine.

But I don't have a problem with what he did.

[gredinger]

32. 2019 campaign speech?

This is old. Why's it being brought back up?

Being interrupted during speech is annoying to say the least. Being interrupted while answering a question that someone else poses is really annoying.

Should he have yelled "shut up"? No, he probably should have just remained silent. However, humans make mistake; it's part of being human.

Didn't Biden challenge someone to a push up contest and call him "fat"? I'd consider that more rude than telling someone to shut up.

[Beakybird]

33. I hate Sanders, but there wasn't anything so wrong about telling a rude person to shut up.

Could he have played it better? Probably. So what? Move on.

[handmade34]

34. I miss Obama... he

would have had a way to calm things down instead of getting people worked up

[HarlanPepper]

37. That's because Obama is a real leader.

[question everything]

41. Sanders is me, myself and I

Never cooperated with anyone. His supporters think that he cares about them. No his “concern” about them is just a vehicle to promote himself.

[zackymilly]

43. Was he on Sander's lawn? n/t