Barack Obama Addresses Heckler at LGBT Event: ''You're in My House''

President shuts down a woman who continued to interrupt his speech

By Bruna Nessif Jun 24, 2015 11:31 PMTags
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Barack Obama is no stranger to hecklers, but enough is enough.

The president was faced with a caller in the crowd during a reception celebrating LGBT Pride Month at the White House, and instead of brushing it off like he would normally do, Obama faced them head-on and put them in their place.

Obama was interrupted shortly after beginning his speech to the crowd by a person who repeatedly shouted the president's name, so he responded, "No, no, no , no. Listen, you're in my house."

Boom. "You're not going to get a good response from me by interrupting me like this," POTUS added, but the heckler wouldn't stop and the prez became visibly irritated, so the woman was escorted from the room at his request.

"Shame on you, you shouldn't be doing this," he said.

The protester was reportedly identified as Jennicet Gutiérrez by the Not One More Campaign, so despite being at an LGBT event, she was actually voicing her opposition to the Obama administration's deportation policies.  

Gutiérrez, an undocumented transgender woman, according to The Hill, could be heard shouting "not one more" and "stop all deportations."

"As a general rule, I am just fine with a few hecklers," Obama said. "But not when I am up in the house. My attitude is if you're eating the hors d'oeuvres, you know what I'm saying? And drinking the booze? I know that's right."

However, after all of the commotion, POTUS returned to his speech, where he addressed an imminent Supreme Court ruling on whether same-sex marriage is a constitutional right. 

"There are a few decisions coming down in the next few days that I'm paying close attention to," he said. "However the decision comes down on the marriage issue, one thing is undeniable: there has been an incredible shift in attitudes across the country."