When a heckler tried to interrupt President Obama at a Hillary Clinton event in Ohio on Friday, he pulled out the perfect zinger to shut him down. After getting the crowd to drown out the guy's yelling with chants of "Hillary," Obama threw some shade: "I keep on telling folks, you gotta organize your own rallies. If you're confident about the other guy, just go to his rallies. I feel confident about my candidate, that's why I'm at this rally."
Instead, Obama suggested the protester spend his time knocking on some doors for "your guy." "That's a better way for you to spend your time — unless you're just being paid to be here," he said.
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