A bizarre heckler labelled President Obama 'the antichrist' before he was dragged out of a California fundraiser by Secret Service agents.
The man had positioned himself at the front of the stage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles last night and began shouting loudly as soon as Mr Obama started talking.
Identified by the Secret Service as David Serrano, the heckler began shouting 'Jesus Christ is God and a Christian God' as the audience booed him.
Bizarre rant: David Serrano, with his arm pointing at the stage, interrupted Barack Obama's fundraiser speech in the House of Blues, Los Angeles
Led out: Serrano shouted Biblical messages and then said Mr Obama was the Antichrist before he was ejected by Secret Service agents
The President stopped talking, but the man was drowned out by the 800-strong crowd as they chanted 'Four more years! Four more years!.
As he was taken out by agents he then yelled: 'Jesus Christ is God! Barack Obama is the Antichrist!'
Serrano was questioned, but later released without charge.
Mr Obama then continued with his speech, but was later interrupted by another heckler, who shouted: 'Don't forget medical marijuana!'
He responded: 'Thank you for that.'
Tony Bell, a spokesman for Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich, said Mr Serrano had been a regular at county meetings and often gave long, rambling religious statements.
He told the New York Times: 'He yells out his statements, which are very mistaken, odd interpretations of scriptures.
'He's been pretty close to being thrown out of our meetings. I don't have the impression he's dangerous, but he has issues that could use some help.'
Shrugging it off: The President laughed after his speech was interrupted in front of an audience of 800 supporters
Campaign drive: Mr Obama has just completed a 2-day fundraising tour along the West Coast and is expected to have raised millions for his reelection campaign
The Los Angeles visit ended a string of successful fundraisers along the West Coast for the President.
Despite tough economic times, supporters shelled out for events from Seattle to San Diego that are likely to have raised more than $5million in two days.
Mr Obama's approval rating dropped over the summer as concern mounted the U.S. was headed into a second recession.
For the first time, he singled out one of the front-runners to win the Republican Party nomination when he called out Texas Governor Rick Perry by name during a speech in Silicon Valley.
A song and dance: U.S. rappers Playboy Tre, left, and B.O.B. perform at the fundraiser in Los Angeles
His sharpened tone reflects a deliberate effort to take on Republicans and push back against criticism from his own base that he has been too conciliatory and not fought his opponents hard enough.
But he has shown he can still generate cash, with a second-quarter total of $86million raised on behalf of both his own campaign and that of the Democratic Party.
With next year's election likely to be a close and expensive race, the support of wealthy donors who can donate a large cheque and round up their rich friends is vital.
But Mr Obama's historic run to the White House in 2008 was also supported by hundreds of thousands of small donors.
His campaign team said he was on track to have drawn one million donors by next month - hitting that goal in half the time it took in 2008.
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