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A constituent told him to "shut the fuck up." The title is somewhat misleading, which becomes apparent if you RTFA.
I did RTFA, and a constituent just told him to shut up, listen, and check his privilege. No swearing involved.
It was a committee member who specifically said to "shut the fuck up", and it was that committee member that he snapped back at.
Mate, your quoted text even calls both of them committee members. They were from the King George County Democratic Committee, which is compromised of... *drum roll*... constituents!
Sure they are.
But when you say constituent, you imply a random member of the public in the crowd.
A committee member is at a peer-level. It hits harder when a peer drops the professionalism and the restraint and just lays it out like that...as opposed to some rando in the audience.
Today in explaining to Americans how their own government works...
They're not peers - it's a group of volunteers that supports the Democratic Party. If I lived in the US, I could join today and attend as a committee member. They hold no office or position and have no authority.