A Manhattan heckler had some choice words for Howard Schultz after he said he was considering a run for president.

“Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical, billionaire asshole,” the man shouted at the former Starbucks CEO at a book-signing event at a Barnes and Noble. Washington state Democratic Party chair Tina Podlodowski wants to keep the dialogue civil, but she told KUOW’s Angela King on Morning Edition that Schultz should be challenged -- hard. Interview Highlights King: So would Schultz be a spoiler as an independent candidate and sink the Democrats? Podlodowski: What we're trying to do is get the point across to Mr. Schultz about what happens with an independent bid in these kinds of cycles. Mr. Schultz has said that he is a lifelong Democrat. The number one electoral objective of Democrats in 2020 is to get Donald Trump out of the White House and make change for everyone in this country, but especially folks in the middle class, the working class, who are obviously hurting under his policies. An independent campaign, we've seen historically, do not win and they are spoilers. We cannot afford to have that happen in the 2020 presidential election.

