Bill Clinton: “Let him finish. Let him finish. He wanted to do this; let him finish. Representative Hoke. Thank you, Mr. President.…”

“Let him finish. Let him finish. He wanted to do this; let him finish. Representative Hoke. Thank you, Mr. President. [Laughter] Because as one of its signers, your suggestion that I would take out a contract on my constituents is a suggestion that I take very, very personally. My question is this: At a time when the public is so concerned about violent crime, why would you resort to using such talk, in such an inflammatory way, especially when you have spoken yourself saying that you personally want to reduce the amount of partisanship in the debate? Audience member. Ignore him.”