U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle held a town hall in Eugene Wednesday evening, where she was met with a lot of anger from people in the audience.

In an auditorium at South Eugene High School, protestors and attendees frequently interrupted the Springfield Democrat with chants and shouting. While Hoyle answered questions about mail-in ballots, the defunding of arts and humanities, and women’s rights, she was repeatedly interrupted by audience members protesting her refusal to call the war a “genocide.”

They also questioned her on one of her donors, JStreetPAC, a pro-Israel lobby group. The PAC currently endorses Hoyle and has helped raise donations for her campaign.

Hoyle didn't back away from her connection to the group.

“There are people that support JStreet, which supports a two-state sol

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