GOP lawmaker showered with boos from angry town hall attendees for supporting Trump bill
A GOP lawmaker was heckled and booed by angry town hall attendees because of his support for President Donald Trump's signature bill, according to reports.
Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) was "drowned with boos" after he touted voting for the Big Beautiful Bill during a town hall in Nebraska, according to a post on X by American Bridge 21st Century, a Democratic super PAC and opposition-research group.
A video accompanying the post showed that Flood was asked what he would do to support benefits for people with disabilities. He answered by talking about the Big Beautiful Bill, which Trump pushed through Congress last year. Flood claimed the bill "protected Medicaid."
As soon as Flood said the words "Big Beautiful Bill," the crowd could be heard showering him with boos. Flood waited for the boos to die down before trying to argue that the bill saved benefits that "would not have been available for the developmentally disabled, the persistently mentally ill, people that are of advanced age," and with each one, the crescendo of boos swelled again.
When Flood repeated, "We protected Medicaid in a common-sense, bipartisan way," the boos became even louder, and people in the audience could be heard yelling at him.
Journalist Em Luetkemeyer also reported on Flood's town hall and noted that "constituents are yelling" when he talked about his support for voter ID laws.
Luetkemeyer noted that a man from Omaha "yelled" a question into the microphone, asking, "When are you going to call up President Trump before he bankrupts this country?"
Flood was in Bellevue, Nebraska, according to his congressional office. However, he's also faced hostile crowds in previous months while hosting town halls in Columbus and Norfolk, which, along with Bellevue, are all in red Nebraska counties that Trump won in 2024.