The better question to ask is why the audience kowtowed to those rules. Have they no minds of their own? Or have they been brainwashed by this administration and media lap dogs that demand that we, the people, submit?
Exactly right. People keep saying Newt should have said something at the time, but he was not the one being told to sit down and shut up.
The responsibility lies at the feet of the dummies in the audience. I canNOT imagine keeping my mouth shut when some talking head tries to tell me what I can and can't do.