White House Pride Event Interrupted
Over LGBTQ Detention
SEE: http://www.people.com/article/obama-heckler-jennicet-gutierrez-interrupts-president-lgbt-transgender-pride
OBAMA'S JUNE 2015 LGBT PRIDE MONTH
FULL SPEECH
INTERRUPTED BY ILLEGAL TRANSGENDER IMMIGRANT
VIDEO:
Published on Jun 24, 2015
'You're in my house!' President Obama slams, boots White House heckler. President Obama told a White House heckler to either shut up or get out during an LGBT Pride Month celebration Wednesday which drew cheers.
He's not the commander in chief for nothin'.
President Obama shut down a heckler during the White House's LGBT Pride Month celebration Wednesday, telling her to shut up or get out to cheers all around.
"You're in my house. It's not respectful when you get invited to somebody's..." the president informed her before getting cut off.
"Shame on ya. You shouldn't be doing this," he continued before asking that she be removed from the room if she wouldn't quiet down — which she wouldn't.
Once gone, the crowd cheered.
"As a general rule, I am just fine with a couple of hecklers but not when I am up in the house," Obama said to a jovial slap on the back by Vice President Biden.
"If you're eating the hors d'oeuvres and drinking the booze," he said before trailing off with a smile. "Anyway, where was I?"
Immigration group NotOneMoreDeportation later identified the heckler as transgender woman Jennicet Gutiérrez, who they say is an undocumented Mexican immigrant.
"The White House gets to make the decision whether it keeps us safe," she said in a statement on their website Wednesday. "There is no pride in how LGBTQ and transgender immigrants are treated in this country. If the President wants to celebrate with us, he should release the LGBTQ immigrants locked up in detention centers immediately."
He's not the commander in chief for nothin'.
President Obama shut down a heckler during the White House's LGBT Pride Month celebration Wednesday, telling her to shut up or get out to cheers all around.
"You're in my house. It's not respectful when you get invited to somebody's..." the president informed her before getting cut off.
"Shame on ya. You shouldn't be doing this," he continued before asking that she be removed from the room if she wouldn't quiet down — which she wouldn't.
Once gone, the crowd cheered.
"As a general rule, I am just fine with a couple of hecklers but not when I am up in the house," Obama said to a jovial slap on the back by Vice President Biden.
"If you're eating the hors d'oeuvres and drinking the booze," he said before trailing off with a smile. "Anyway, where was I?"
Immigration group NotOneMoreDeportation later identified the heckler as transgender woman Jennicet Gutiérrez, who they say is an undocumented Mexican immigrant.
"The White House gets to make the decision whether it keeps us safe," she said in a statement on their website Wednesday. "There is no pride in how LGBTQ and transgender immigrants are treated in this country. If the President wants to celebrate with us, he should release the LGBTQ immigrants locked up in detention centers immediately."
