“Not true,” a lone female voice was heard from the audience.
And from that moment on, there were repeated interruptions and isolated but persistent heckling, whenever the speaker veered into anti-Republican commentary. There were also open challenges to some assertions of the president’s stalwart support for Israel, especially that he has “unequivocally, publicly defended Israel on the world stage.”
There are some in the Jewish community who believe the United States has not done enough at the United Nations to support Israel from constant and unfair attacks.
And so the rest of the evening went, with a constant but muffled Greek chorus of “untrue” in response to some of the more extreme statements either praising Obama or bashing the Republicans.
An apparently unintentionally ironic Wasserman Schultz statement drew the biggest laugh of the evening. Following a ten minute talk liberally sprinkled with attacks on Republican values and on the Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney, she said, “I know we are all disturbed and troubled by those who make misleading statements for purely partisan gain.”
◼ Debbie Wasserman Schultz Touts Obama’s Creds, Many Remain Unconvinced - Lori Lowenthal Marcus/Jewish Press
