Ted Cruz Heckled At Obamacare Town Hall
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faced some unexpected guests at his Obamacare town hall on Tuesday night, enduring a pair of hecklers multiple times during his speech.
Video footage from NBC News shows Cruz' audience shouting "USA! USA! USA!" to compete with the protesters. The Washington Post reports that Cruz also received chants of you have health care, we should too! from the hecklers.
Thank you for sharing your views," he said, according to the paper. "You know, part of the First Amendment is about respecting others.
The line of "USA! USA!" chanters grew more vociferous, before Cruz interjected to make a "couple of observations" about the protesters.