2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum'My friends died,' heckler shouts. 'So did my son,' Joe Biden shoots back
Source: The Guardian
Exchange between man bereaved by Syrian war and vice-president,
who lost Iraq veteran Beau to cancer, silences room at rally for
Hillary Clinton
Dan Roberts in Cleveland, Ohio
Friday 2 September 2016 03.25 BST
It was a retort perhaps only one American politician could have produced, and one that silenced the room.
Faced with a determined heckler during a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden reached for a very personal response in Cleveland on Thursday.
My friends died, my American friends, the heckler was shouting, remonstrating with the vice-president over US policy in Syria.
My friend died, he repeated, challenging Biden to explain his recent demand that Kurdish allies withdraw from captured Isis territory.
Interrupted again while trying to explain the complex Middle East policy, something snapped on stage after the third shout of my friend died.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/02/my-friends-died-heckler-shouts-so-did-my-son-joe-biden-shoots-back
Response to Eugene (Original post)
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)He's got a knack.
sheshe2
(83,785 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Who could stay away?
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)Joe reminded people that many have lost their sons and daughters.
sheshe2
(83,785 posts)KnR
still_one
(92,216 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Joe is the man!
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)Shortly afterwards the man could be seen talking to secret service agents and appearing to head to a backstage area.
Bibliovore
(185 posts)it says that the conversation didn't take place, then or since (or at least hadn't at the time the heckler was interviewed for the article):
The heckler, who calls himself Reinas or Renas Isis-slayer in a video explaining why he fought in Syria, said he was still waiting to speak to the vice-president after the incident.
At first they toyed with the idea of my meeting Biden, but in the end I was told that he didnt have time for me, he told the Guardian on Friday. So I offered my phone number, so that Joe Biden could contact me. Im still waiting.
I do hope they wind up having that talk, and that it's productive and healing for both of them.
NBachers
(17,119 posts)The Green Manalishi
(1,054 posts)I don't care who the speaker or what the message, it is *NEVER* appropriate to disrupt them. Even if violently offensive. Never.
mikekohr
(2,312 posts)Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)Maybe I'm wrong, sure wouldn't be the first time. That guy should probably have thought about what he said before he said it. Biden has had as much personal grief as almost anyone, unfortunately.
stupidicus
(2,570 posts)what do cancer and US foreign policy have in common other than being largely indiscriminate in their killing?
Why that would be the many cancers no doubt caused by the abominable use of depleted uranium in those unfortunate enough to ingest it.