Abortion Foe Heckles Clinton, Who Yells Back
<i> Associated Press</i>
NEW ORLEANS —
A lone-but-loud anti-abortion activist tried to shout down Bill Clinton on Wednesday, which prompted the candidate to smile and yell back, “Shut that guy up up there!”
The man, identified as Richard Mahoney, a Baton Rouge anti-abortion activist, kept shouting: “Stop killing babies,” although his words were hardly audible inside the large sports arena at the University of New Orleans.
“Who is that?” Clinton said. “We can respect his free speech rights if he would respect ours.”
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