'Shame!' Republican deluged with boos as he urges town hall attendees to 'remain calm' [View all]
Source: Raw Story
March 18, 2025 8:15PM ET
Yet another Republican congressman found himself under fire at a contentious town hall event, with one constituent standing up and saying "shame" and attendees raining down boos. Rep. Mike Flood held a town hall on Tuesday — which Republican leadership has advised against amid President Donald Trump's effort to drastically shrink the federal government — in Columbus, Nebraska, which sits in Platte County, a county that swung for Trump with 55% of the vote.
"I believe that town halls are an important part of the process," Flood told constituents in his opening remarks. "It's democracy. It's how we communicate with each other." But as Flood tried to insist changes to massive social programs Social Security and Medicaid were "not on the table," constituents could be heard in the background shouting back.
"Any idea that Social Security is in peril or somehow in jeopardy is absolutely false," he said, as constituents continued to shout back. He received a chorus of yells as he said the federal government's $36 trillion national debt is "not going away" unless Medicaid and Medicare are dealt with.
"Let's remain calm," he urged constituents. "If you're going to ask me a question, let me answer the question," he said before scolding his constituents for holding up the procession of questions. Later in the town hall, Flood received a chorus of boos as he insisted there are "two ways out of this mess" — cutting spending and growing the economy.
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