Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz spoke with protesters both for an against the nuclear deal with Iran outside the White House on Thursday. A few minutes into this event, flared tempers and yelling eventually give way to an effective conversation.



“Hold on a second — you want to yell and scream? Come forward,” said Cruz, who invited Code Pink leader Medea Benjamin to debate him on the merits of the deal.



“We’re all going to have peaceful conversation, but hopefully not poke people with our signs,” Cruz said at one point.