The White House's transcript of his remarks in the liberal enclave of Austin, Texas omits what the protesters said, but Obama replied, 'I understand. See, everybody is going to start – I’m on your side, man. Sit down, guys, we’ll talk about it later, I promise.'
Before returning to his teleprompter, the president told his security force to take a step back.
'You don’t have to escort them out,' he ordered. 'They’ll sit down.'
And then, again directed at his hecklers: 'I promise I’ll talk to you afterwards.'
Obama had just wrapped up a section of his speech, partially cribbed from earlier fundraising addresses, in which he ripped into Republicans for slow-walking his demands for immigration reform measures.
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