Meh, I think he did a good job resisting the trolling attempt. When protesters say things like that about someone with a voting and action history like Sanders, they aren't someone reasonable enough to be argued with. Having them evicted from the stage would only make headlines about you, not about the ignorance of the protesters.
I'd much rather have someone who recognizes a baiting attempt (and is shown to be in the right) than someone who rushes into a fight in order to seem tough.
I support Black Lives Matter. I don't want a president who will run off when confronted by black people with serious concerns. That's not level-headed, that's chicken-hearted.
You're making that argument with the benefit of hindsight. There, on that stage, in the moment, when confronted with two unruly protesters, his response was to just walk away and let them take over the event. That's weakness any way you slice it. I'm not suggesting you need to get into a shouting match with them, but he could've just as easily had security escort them off stage and out of the event. Instead of projecting strength and standing there and saying: "Look, I know you're passionate about your issue, but there is a time and place and this isn't it", he let himself get bullied off that stage by two protesters.
And he's expecting people to believe that he can stand up to Vladimir Putin? Or Ali Khamenei? Or Bashar al-Assad? Or any one of the other world leaders that he would have to deal with as President? Sorry, but I simply don't trust him to be able to do the job.
Meh, I think he did a good job resisting the trolling attempt. When protesters say things like that about someone with a voting and action history like Sanders, they aren't someone reasonable enough to be argued with. Having them evicted from the stage would only make headlines about you, not about the ignorance of the protesters.
I'd much rather have someone who recognizes a baiting attempt (and is shown to be in the right) than someone who rushes into a fight in order to seem tough.
this is exactly correct. The man was trolled twice. Hard. He wasn't run off the stage, he refused to play their game.
A level head in the heat of the moment is exactly what we need.
I support Black Lives Matter. I don't want a president who will run off when confronted by black people with serious concerns. That's not level-headed, that's chicken-hearted.
You're making that argument with the benefit of hindsight. There, on that stage, in the moment, when confronted with two unruly protesters, his response was to just walk away and let them take over the event. That's weakness any way you slice it. I'm not suggesting you need to get into a shouting match with them, but he could've just as easily had security escort them off stage and out of the event. Instead of projecting strength and standing there and saying: "Look, I know you're passionate about your issue, but there is a time and place and this isn't it", he let himself get bullied off that stage by two protesters.
And he's expecting people to believe that he can stand up to Vladimir Putin? Or Ali Khamenei? Or Bashar al-Assad? Or any one of the other world leaders that he would have to deal with as President? Sorry, but I simply don't trust him to be able to do the job.