A former Biden official said Wednesday he has "no real problem with the heckling, booing and so on" that President Biden faced at the State of the Union Tuesday night.

"Even though I worked for the guy, when it comes for the SOTU I have no real problem with the heckling, booing and so on," tweeted Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia University. "It's a democracy after all; he's not a King, Emperor or Pope, though I would draw the line at throwing things."

Republicans jeered at President Biden on several occasions during his State of the Union address Tuesday, which became a subject of media controversy. Wu worked as special assistant to the president for technology and competition policy and is best known for coining the term "net neutrality" in tech policy.

The most controversial pushback from Republicans amid Biden's address came as the president claimed the opposing party wants to cut Social Security and Medicare.