heckler
a person who interrupts a meeting
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While delivering a campaign speech one day Theodore Roosevelt was interrupted by a HECKLER: "I'm a Democrat!" the man shouted.
"May I ask the gentleman," Roosevelt replied, quieting the crowd, "why he is a Democrat?"
"My grandfather was a Democrat," the man replied, "my father was a Democrat and I am a Democrat."
"My friend," Roosevelt interjected, moving in for the kill, "suppose your grandfather had been a donkey and your father was a donkey. What would you then be?"
Alas, Roosevelt was THWARTED by the quick-witted heckler, who promptly replied: "A Republican!"
Roosevelt, Theodore [Teddy] (1858-1919) American politician, governor of New York (1899–1900), Vice President (1901) under William McKinley, 26th president of the United States (1901-1909)
"May I ask the gentleman," Roosevelt replied, quieting the crowd, "why he is a Democrat?"
"My grandfather was a Democrat," the man replied, "my father was a Democrat and I am a Democrat."
"My friend," Roosevelt interjected, moving in for the kill, "suppose your grandfather had been a donkey and your father was a donkey. What would you then be?"
Alas, Roosevelt was THWARTED by the quick-witted heckler, who promptly replied: "A Republican!"
Roosevelt, Theodore [Teddy] (1858-1919) American politician, governor of New York (1899–1900), Vice President (1901) under William McKinley, 26th president of the United States (1901-1909)
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heckler
someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
Verb = to heckle
Synonyms:
badger, bait, bother, bully, chivy, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, hound, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride, ridicule, shout at, taunt, tease, torment, worry
someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
Verb = to heckle
Synonyms:
badger, bait, bother, bully, chivy, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, hound, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride, ridicule, shout at, taunt, tease, torment, worry
