Constituents confront Bernie Sanders on his support for Israel, Bernie tells them to shut up

[Cali_Democrat]

‘Excuse Me! Shut Up!’: Bernie Sanders Defends Israel from Town Hall Hecklers
by Matt Wilstein | 4:35 pm, August 20th, 2014

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) got into a heated confrontation with constituents during a town hall in his home state this past weekend. After a woman in the crowd asked Sanders about a Senate resolution that condemned Hamas but “said nothing” about Israel’s “massacre” of Palestinians in Gaza, the senator became defensive, fighting off angry residents with shouts of “Excuse me! Shut up!”

Sanders began by saying he thinks he believes Israel “overreacted” in its offensive against Hamas and was “terribly, terribly wrong” in its bombing of UN facilities. “On the other hand,” Sanders said, “you have situation where Hamas is sending missiles into Israel,” adding that those rockets are often originating from populated areas.

As members of his audience began to shout out their opposition to his statements, Sanders responded, “Excuse me! Shut up! You don’t have the microphone.”

“This is called democracy!” Sanders said shortly after, insisting that he was just trying to answer questions from his constituents. Things calmed down for just a few seconds before another woman in the crowd called out “Bullshit!” on Sanders’ assertion that Hamas does not want Israel to exist.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/excuse-me-shut-up-bernie-sanders-defends-israel-from-town-hall-hecklers/

[pnwmom]

1. He might not be as ready for prime-time as his most fervent supporters think.

They love this outspoken quality about him, actually -- but it's not so useful when it causes lashing out on the campaign trail.

[joshcryer]

4. To be sure, he gave them a platform.

Most other candidates would have them removed if they spoke over them and were abusive like that.

[wyldwolf]

2. he's absolutely correct in his statement

There may be some who don't LIKE what he said, but it is nevertheless true.

[conservaphobe]

3. The man goes around promoting an economic goody bag no self-respecting liberal would object to

if the votes were there to get all of it passed...

And he gets heckled over a strip of land thousands of miles away?