GOP Rep Mercilessly Booed At Town Hall While Defending Signature Trump Policy

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Source: Huff Post

Jul 8, 2026, 05:03 AM EDT


Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) was greeted with a chorus of boos during a town hall event on Tuesday after defending President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

Flood was asked what he planned to do about the legislation’s cuts to disability benefits. Trump’s signature legislation slashed over $1 trillion over the next decade from Medicaid, the primary source of funding for those benefits. The congressman remained steadfast in his defense of the bill, despite the crowd’s less-than-warm reception.

“We protected a system that if it had gone unchecked, it would not have been long-term available for the very people that are the most vulnerable,” Flood said. “The developmentally disabled, the persistent mentally ill, people of advanced age.” Flood claimed that the bill was a “bipartisan, common sense” way to fix Medicaid.

It’s unclear where Flood got the idea that the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” was bipartisan. It was so partisan that Vice President JD Vance was forced to cast a tie-breaking vote to get the legislation through the Senate after three Republican Senators voted against it. The bill only narrowly passed the House as well, with every Democrat and two Republicans voting against it.

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[Karasu]

1. He knows it wasn't "bipartisan", he's just lying and assuming the audience is stupid enough to believe every fucking

thing he says.

The Republican way.

[sop]

10. Whenever Republicans destroy a successful government program, they'll say it was a bipartisan effort.

And when Democrats pass legislation with no votes from across the aisle, Republicans take credit for it when it helps their own voters.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Republican: Synonymous with "lying through his fucking teeth."

[patphil]

3. What amazes me is the level of disdain this republican Congressman holds for his constituents.

He doesn't believe they have the ability to understand how badly that bill screwed them, and how it just got through the Congress by the smallest possible margins.
He obviously thinks they're all idiots; that he can tell them anything and they'll believe him. Maybe it's because he won in 2024 by a 20% margin, and he feels his seat is impregnable.
We'll see how he does in November.

https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-2024-election-mike-flood-defeats-carol-blood/62590923

[slightlv]

5. They've been told *to their faces* by their idol and god that He believes they're

suckers and idiots, and also by various of their representatives, and yet they come back for more, year after year, after year. Almost sounds like battered woman's syndrome, except I no longer have any sympathy for these people at all.

[rurallib]

4. the face of stupid in the 21st century

looks much like the face of fascism

[Amaryllis]

6. I always wonder if maybe guys like him have drunk the spin and really believe what they are saying.

[dave99]

7. What a normal Asshole he is, normal Republican

[llmart]

8. Reminds me of the t-shirt I saw...

that said, "Let's hope Trump goes to prison and his cellmate is Big Beautiful Bill."

[calimary]

11. Best post EVER!!!

I have favorites, but THIS one really takes the cake!

[Dr. T]

9. "Repuglicans getting booed" videos.

I could watch that stuff all day.

[hibbing]

12. I can remember when..

My state had Democratic Senators and governor through the years, and most of the Republicans were not bat shit crazy. Most believed in "good government". Recently we have been following the great example of Kansas. Huge tax cuts for the ruling class (of which our governor of course is from) and shocked when the budget is screwed and now come the cuts. He also loves himself some Trump.

[paleotn]

13. Where'd he get the idea of bipartisanship? He made it up of course.

He's a damn liar. A Republican. Are their lips moving? Then damn liar by default. Simple and easy to understand.

[Mad_Machine76]

14. Their idea of "Common Sense"

is neither