As Barack Obama delivered his speech on drone strikes and Guantanamo prisoners, he was heckled by a woman who demanded he release hunger strikers at the controversial facility. Obama responded:
Part of free speech is letting me speak and you listening.
The heckling has been attributed to the social justice group “Code Pink,” specifically to activist Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin of Code Pink being pulled out of the hall after several interruptions twitter.com/jeneps/status/…
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) May 23, 2013
Heckler: “Will you compensate the families of innocent victims? I love this country! I love the rule of law.”
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May 23, 2013
Benjamin has previously said that she believed impeaching Obama was a “national imperative.”
Obama: I’m going off script as you might imagine here (audience) but what this woman says is worth paying attention to.
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May 23, 2013
