Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced an icy reception on Wednesday as he addressed the annual convention of the NAACP. Romney drew boos from the crowd when he vowed to repeal President Obama’s healthcare law and billed himself as the better candidate for the African-American community.

Mitt Romney: “If our goal is jobs, we have to stop spending over a trillion dollars more than we take in every year. And so — and so, to do that, I’m going to eliminate every non-essential expensive program I can find. That includes Obamacare. And I’m going to work to reform and save … (Audience boos) I submit to you this: if you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. (Audience boos) You take a look.”

Romney later drew controversy when he discussed his NAACP appearance at a fundraising event last night in Montana. Romney reportedly told the crowd: “If they want more stuff from government, tell them to go vote for the other guy — more free stuff. But don’t forget, nothing is really free.”