Biden promised to meet a heckler in Arizona. But first, he asked him to 'shush up'

US President Joe Biden promised to meet a heckler later in exchange for him to “shush up” while he me his big speech on Thursday. Speaking in Arizona's city of Tempe, Biden unleashed verbal attacks on former President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, labelling it as “extremist. 

But as he attempted to honour his late Senate colleague John McCain and urge Americans to pay no heed to Trump's MAGA movement, a climate protester interrupted him mid-way. “Why have you yet to declare a climate emergency?” unidentified man screamed across room. 

“Arizonians have died,” he ded as crowd booed in return. Responding to man, Biden asked him to patiently wait until he's done. “Why don’t you wait—hang on a sec, hang on a second, I’d be happy to meet with you after I speak, OK?” he said as heckler continued his tire.

After taking a brief pause of about 13 seconds, 80-year-old president appeared to snap, telling man to "shush up". “I tell you what, if you shush up, I’ll meet with you immediately after this, OK?” he said as attendees cheered in unison. As officials at scene escorted man away, Biden quipped, “Democracy’s never easy, as we just demonstrated.” heckler's rant came after Biden told  Wear Channel last month that he h “practically” announced a climate emergency but no formal declaration was handed down from White House.

Shhh, Biden's speaking!

Meanwhile, this isn't first time that president has asked noisy attendees to "shush up." Earlier in May, he lashed out at a reporter during a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on sidelines of G7 Summit in Japan's Hiroshima.

As an Australian journalist tried to interrupt, Biden said, “Shush up, OK? I’ve been in se negotiations before." meeting was held to relieve allies of anxiousness over his ministration's potential failure to secure a debt-limit agreement which could have led to a catastrophic default, New York Post reported.