'We can have a conversation': Singh challenges man yelling expletives out his car window
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was quick to clap back at a drive-by heckler on Tuesday, inviting the man to "have a conversation" with him instead of shouting expletives out of his car window.
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was quick to clap back at a drive-by heckler on Tuesday, inviting the man to "have a conversation" with him instead of shouting expletives out of his car window.
Singh was speaking outside of a Dominion grocery store in St. John's, N.L., about high food prices when a man in a black car pulled up next to him in the parking lot shouting an expletive of a sexual nature about Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
"If you're homophobic, you know, keep it to yourself. Your homophobia is very inappropriate," Singh says as he turned to look at the driver.
The man then yells "you're a piece of shit," as Singh says: "You're driving away… I'm right here, we can have a conversation if you'd like."
At this point, the heckler pulls away and Singh carries on with his press conference, jumping back into talking about the cost of groceries without skipping a beat.
As the media availability continued, Singh was asked by a reporter what he made of the exchange and how he deals with situations like this. Singh said he’s always open to having conversations with people who have concerns, but "someone driving by and yelling something is obviously not interested in having a conversation."
