The hostile crowd Nebraska Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood faced this week in his district’s most Democratic city may have helped him choose to host the event.

Shouts and insults hardly ceased for most of 90 minutes Monday as Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood encountered his fiercest backlash yet at a town hall in Lincoln.

Republican congressman Mike Flood received a loud dose of instant voter feedback during a fiery town hall meeting in his home state of Nebraska. Hundreds of people were lined up outside the Kimball Recital Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Monday for the meeting,