It was reported that these were Occupy Wall Street protestors. You have to hand it to both Obama how he handled it and also the protestors that they didn't keep it up and get obnoxious. So even though it might be a bit on the rude side it is a demonstration of "free speech" and there was some decent handling of the matter on both sides.
Hopefully the Secret Service and other officials exercised some discretion also in the matter afterward without the usual over-reaction and display of force:
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