PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Oregon Republican Congressman Cliff Bentz held his most recent town hall -- but like other Republicans in Congress, it wasn't in person.

Bentz recently announced he would no longer hold in-person town halls, citing a growing number of attendees engaging in "intentionally disruptive, repetitive, practiced, rude and demeaning behavior."

As the only Republican in Oregon's congressional delegation, the representative of Oregon's 2nd District joined Eye on Northwest Politics to talk about this decision, calling it "enormously successful" in its ability to reach thousands of his constituents.

"I almost have to thank those people who were so disruptive," he said. "I guess their intent was to intimidate, but what they really did was just make it impossible for us to hol

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