Flashback: Constituents confront Bernie over his support for Israel, Bernie tells them to shut up

[Cali_Democrat]

Since everyone wants to talk about AIPAC and Israel today, I thought we should take a journey back in time....

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‘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/

[JaneyVee]

1. Good for Bernie?

[Jefferson23]

2. lol

You'll never hear Clinton supporters take her to task for her embrace of
everything Likud.

[NWCorona]

13. Or her curt responses

[Jefferson23]

14. Yes, and I love that his supporters question him and say..what the hell, Bernie?

Hillary? lol Don't hold your breath waiting for her supporters to question her
like that.

[NWCorona]

15. Agreed!

I fully realize that Bernie isn't perfect.

[Jefferson23]

16. No, none of them are..but he's the only mensch running for president.

I'm not too biased, huh? lol

[hrmjustin]

3. .

[geek tragedy]

4. Eh, personally I think candidates have every right to tell hecklers to shut up. nt

[Trust Buster]

5. And his supporters are on multiple threads claiming Hillary ignores the Pakestinian cause.

The hypocrisy is deafening.

[DFab420]

7. Surely you mean Palestinian. And you realize the woman was shout him down for voicing those concerns

Or did you just look at the headline?

[JI7]

12. she was shouting him down for saying Hamas doesn't want israel to exist

[DFab420]

6. Nice! There is no reason to shout down the concerns about Israel bombing UN facilities.

Are you saying that you don't think Israel didn't over react by bombing hospitals and schools?
?

Do you believe that Israel has rights to kill Palestinians at will?

[JI7]

8. She thinks it's bullshit that Hamas doesn't want israel to exist ?

[DFab420]

10. She thinks it's bullshit that Bernie thought Israel was over reacting by attacking UN facilities.

[JI7]

11. nope. She was saying it as a response to Hamas not wanting israel to exist

[riversedge]

9. well he did say Excuse me but I have never liked the shut up talk.