Obama heckled by GOP during speech: 'You lie!'

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Off topic:

President's hair looks fresh to death

back to regularly scheduled programming:

Was he asked to leave after that upset? Was he REALLY so MAD that he HAD to say it? What is going on in the world?

He wasn't asked to leave, which I think Pelosi had the right to do. However he was publicly told to apologize by McCain, who is one of the more powerful figures in the GOP.

[TonyB06]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

He wasn't asked to leave, which I think Pelosi had the right to do. However he was publicly told to apologize by McCain, who is one of the more powerful figures in the GOP.

He wasn't asked to leave because it was a "special" joint session. Had it been a regular, or otherwise normal joint session, the seargeant-at-arms would have had the right remove the member from the chamber.