President Biden offered to meet Thursday with a detractor who disrupted his speech in Arizona if the disruptor would “shut up” and let him finish his speech.
Biden, 80, spoke in Tempe to honor his late Senate counterpart John McCain and called on voters to reject Donald Trump’s “extremist” Make America Great Again movement.
The President was interrupted about 10 minutes into his speech by a protester.
“Why haven’t you declared a climate emergency yet?,” the man repeatedly shouted from the audience, footage of the event showed.
“The people of Arizona are dead,” continued the unidentified man, as the crowd began to jeer him.
“What do you say wait—wait a minute, wait a minute, I’ll be glad to see you after I talk, OK?” Biden said as the agitator went on a rampage.
The president then paused for 13 seconds and bowed his head as the man continued his tirade.
“I’m telling you, if you shut up, I’ll see you right after this, OK?” Biden finally said as the audience applauded.
President Joe Biden offered to meet with a detractor who interrupted his speech Thursday evening at Arizona State University, before asking the man to “shut up.” AFP via Getty ImagesBiden, 80, spoke in Tempe to honor his late Senate counterpart John McCain and called on voters to reject Donald Trump’s “extremist” movement. Make America Great Again.AP“Why haven’t you declared a climate emergency yet?,’ the man repeatedly shouted from the audience, footage of the event showed.AFP via Getty Images
Resuming his speech after the insult was removed, Biden told his audience: “Democracy is never easy, as we have just shown.”
Thursday’s speech, a day after the second Republican primary debate, was an echo of Biden’s inaugural address before last year’s midterm elections in which he said “Trump and MAGA Republicans represent extremism that threatens the foundation of our republic.”
On Thursday, Biden announced that federal funding would be used to build the McCain Library in partnership with the late Republican think tank established in partnership with Arizona State University.
The president told The Weather Channel last month that he was “practically” declaring a climate emergency, but no such official declaration has come down from the White House.
Such emergency powers would allow Biden to stop new oil and gas drilling in federal waters, ban crude oil exports, free up federal funds and other disaster relief resources and accelerate the production of electric vehicles, according to Politico.
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