Obama Heckled By Hispanic Ladyboy At White House Reception

[Pdoggg]

I thought the POTUS handled this well.

 

 

 

An activist interrupted President Obama on Wednesday at a White House event celebrating L.G.B.T. Pride Month to demand an end to the deportation of L.G.B.T. immigrants. The activist was escorted from the room amid a chorus of boos and jeers from the assembled guests.

The activist, Jennicet Gutiérrez, who is transgender and says she is in the country illegally, interrupted Mr. Obama shortly after he began speaking, calling from the back of the room, “President Obama, release all L.G.B.T.Q. immigrants from detention and stop all deportations!”

President Obama displayed little patience with the heckler, telling her, “You’re in my house” before having her removed.

 

http://youtu.be/w71OGC6Jx9w

 

 

The crowd quickly turned on Ms. Gutiérrez, drowning out her chants with shushing noises and shouting of their own, including chants of the president’s name. One man shouted, “Shame on you!” Another yelled: “This is not for you! This is for all of us!”

In a statement, GetEqual and Familia QTLM, activist groups of which Ms. Gutiérrez is a member, said that her protest was held on behalf of “some 75 transgender detainees” who they said were exposed to abuse in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“There is no pride in how L.G.B.T.Q. and transgender immigrants are treated in this country,” Ms. Gutiérrez said in a statement. “If the president wants to celebrate with us, he should release the L.G.B.T.Q. immigrants locked up in detention centers immediately.”

On Tuesday, 35 members of Congress sent an open letter to the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to express their concern for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender detainees held by the immigration agency, writing that they are “extremely vulnerable to abuse, including sexual assault.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/us/politics/activist-removed-after-heckling-obama-at-lgbt-event.html

[thaibound]

it has taken him  one and a half terms to come to terms with being the POTUS, but his appearances this week--the one above and especially the one in charleston--seem to show he has finally regained the confidence of his first run for office--a confidence now based not upon his great promise, but upon his real accomplishments.  

 

dare i say i have high hopes for what a lame duck Obama might yet achieve.

and about fucking time too.