Bill Clinton was again confronted about his controversial 1994 crime bill during a campaign stop for his wife in New Jersey Friday.
Clinton interrupted one protester as he aired his grievances and told him not to “get upset.”
The former president then attempted to launch a defense of his bill and was met with a mix of laughter and hollers from the crowd.
“May I answer?” Clinton said, and proceeded to inform the audience of the legislation’s successes, including statistical lows in crime and murder, a claim disputed by experts.
“You don’t have anybody you can vote for who didn’t have anything to do with this,” Clinton told the protester, referring to opponent Bernie Sanders’ support of the legislation.
Clinton has been met with criticism of the bill on the campaign trail in the past. In April, the former president sparred with Black Lives Matters in Philadelphia, telling them that they were “afraid of the truth.”
“You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter. Tell the truth,” he said.
