The Newsroom - Booing a Gay Soldier

coming back in five four copy zero zero 36 to 41 presidential candidate Michele Bachmann thinks our troops are the best they are the best this is the easiest thing to get behind it doesn't get any better to help our troops when they are literally on the lines fighting for our freedom presidential candidate Herman Cain will not apologize for having the biggest baddest greatest military on the planet and I don't apologize for having the biggest baddest greatest military on the planet presidential candidate Mitt Romney would like the rest of us to support the troops even more than we already do he's time for American citizens and politicians to show a surge of support and for us to reach out to our neighbors who are serving in the military and a presidential candidate Rick Santorum marvels as we all do at the selfless act of volunteering to serve in a time of war so we have a culture right now that doesn't say serve it doesn't say don't think about yourself it says me me me it's a very self-absorbed me-centered excessive popular culture and yet we have brave men and women who want to step forward because they know what's at stake they're going to sacrifice their lives for this great country Steven hill is a decorated captain in the US Army where he's been a reservist for twenty years he is this very night serving in combat in Iraq as he was last night when he asked this question via YouTube at the GOP debate in Orlando Florida in 2010 when I was deployed to Iraq I had to lie about who I was because I'm a gay soldier and I didn't want to lose my job my question is under one of your presidencies do you intend to circumvent the progress that's been made for gay and lesbian soldiers in the military that was a big room full of Republican primary voters booing an American combat soldier who as he was speaking was in combat the audience members who were booing were in Orlando soon they'll surely be in hell though not soon enough not everyone was booing there were people in the audience who heard captain Hill say that when he was deployed to Iraq he was worried that if his sexuality was discovered they might not let him go as opposed to most of us who if told we were being deployed to Iraq would go corporal Klinger faster in Polana yellow taffeta picnic dress I'm sure there were even some people in the building who stood up for Captain Hill people who had the simple strength of character to turn to the fraction of a human in the seat next to them and say how many different kinds of disgusting do you have to be to blue a man who volunteered to fight and die for you I'm sure those people were there I'm sure there were many of them but unfortunately none of them were on the stage not one of these would-be commanders in chief took a moment to stand with a line officer they let him stand alone soldiers never do that leaders never do that witless bullies and hapless Punk's do it all the time the only president on the stage last night was Stephen Hill Godspeed captain Hill and come home soon a grateful nation is waiting to say thank you that's news night for September 23rd Terry Smith is up next with the Capitol report I'm will McAvoy good night

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Keywords: Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Stephen Hill, US Army, Reservist, Iraq, YouTube, GOP debate, Orlando, Florida, Thomas Newman, The Newsroom, HBO, September 23rd 2012, gay soldier, gay and lesbian soldiers, Republican, Booing, Captain Hill, Corporal Klinger, commander in chief, Leaders, witless bullies, hapless punks, News Night, Will McAvoy, Republican Party (Organization), Gay (Sexual Orientation), Tea Party, Gerardo Ochoa-Vargas, American Taliban

Id: LUyjT8VpwMI

Length: 3min 44sec (224 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 04 2013

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Can we have the news show from this show be an actual show on TV?

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Such an amazing show

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I'm assuming the clips taken were all real, but did the booing actually happen?

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writing so good but then "hapless punks"