Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was booed so lustily during his first big public appearance in Flint Wednesday that his remarks were drowned out.

Snyder spoke as a part of an event at Flint’s Northwestern High School where President Obama was to make an appearance before the community. While the Republican governor has held town halls via conference call and individual visits to Flint homes, Wednesday’s speech was his first before a large crowd in the eastern Michigan city since the water crisis emerged late last year.