Whereas Congress is out of session this week, a Home Republican encountered a hostile crowd at a heated city corridor assembly in Bellevue, Nebraska, Tuesday evening – a bitter reception that will preview the tenor different lawmakers may face heading into the midterm elections.
Rep. Mike Flood confronted repeated boos and shouts from viewers members as they pressed him on the SAVE America Act, Israel, NATO, the bipartisan housing invoice, the Trump administration’s insurance policies and extra, as seen on video of the city corridor recorded by ABC affiliate KETV in Omaha.
Whereas it is unsure what number of within the viewers have been constituents, Tuesday’s contentious occasion wasn’t the primary time Flood has discovered himself earlier than indignant crowds at city halls. Flood was shouted down and booed in Seward, Nebraska, the place lots of of individuals attended his town hall May 28 of last year, whereas defending the then-proposed One Large Lovely Invoice Act.
Rep. Mike Flood leaves a gathering of the Home Republican Convention on the Capitol Hill Membership, September 9, 2025.
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The month after Trump signed the bill into law, Flood confronted a hostile crowd as soon as extra throughout an August town hall in Lincoln because the viewers questioned its impression on Medicaid.
“F—— liar!” one attendee shouted at Flood Tuesday whereas he was discussing violent crime charges declining and the Trump administration’s ongoing deportation efforts.
“Pay attention, violent crime is down – ask the folks of Washington, D.C., how a lot safer Washington is immediately in comparison with a 12 months in the past,” Flood mentioned because the viewers jeered.
“Violent crime is down in American cities. Violent crime is down in New York Metropolis. Lots of people that got here right here that have been committing crimes have both been incarcerated or deported. The numbers converse for themselves,” Flood mentioned.
Flood additionally was drowned out by the viewers as he voiced his help for the proposed SAVE America Act and voter ID laws – key points which might be a part of President Donald Trump’s coverage agenda.
“What I am unable to stand is what’s so objectionable about having to indicate a driver’s license, a passport, or a delivery certificates at your home the place you vote,” Flood mentioned, because the attendees booed.
The congressman additional mentioned that whereas Nebraska in his “opinion” offers with “little” election fraud, he added, “when folks consider that our elections are safe, it breeds respect for the legislation, our democracy, our nation, our election leaders. There are such a lot of advantages.”
A person within the viewers demanded the congressman clarify the proof he has to again up claims of election fraud, which Trump continues to advertise with out proof to help his claims. Flood pushed again, saying he believes Joe Biden was duly elected president within the 2020 election.
”I’ve by no means argued that there was an inaccurate end result, and I at all times acknowledged Joe Biden was our president, so I’m not a congressman that has ever made that declare,” Flood responded.
Constituents additional heckled Flood when the congressman mentioned, “I need to be very clear: We now have no higher ally within the Center East than Israel,” prompting loud boos from the viewers.
“What occurred in Israel was horrific,” Flood mentioned, referring to the Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel by Hamas. “If that had occurred on our soil, we as Individuals would stand up and eradicate that risk.”
Because the dialog continued to scrutinize the Trump administration’s international coverage, Flood additionally appeared to defend the administration’s actions in Iran.
“We have to end the job. We can’t put up with a regime that within the final 12 months has killed 45,000 of their very own folks. That’s fallacious. We now have to have ethical readability right here,” he mentioned. “I help Israel.”
Whereas Trump attends the NATO Summit in Turkey, Flood mentioned he absolutely helps the alliance, declaring it “has contributed tremendously to the safety of the world. I believe they’re an essential a part of us.”
Flood obtained a extra optimistic response relating to different subjects, similar to when he known as Russian President Vladimir Putin “a thug” and voiced his help for Ukraine. He additionally earned some applause when he expressed confidence that the bipartisan housing bill presently on Trump’s desk will change into legislation.
“If [Trump] would not signal it, it turns into legislation, and the excellent news about that is subsequent week it is more likely to be a public legislation,” he mentioned. “That is what I am specializing in – bipartisan commonsense outcomes.”
Nevertheless, when Flood introduced up the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which incorporates huge cuts to authorities advantages similar to Medicaid and SNAP meals help, the viewers loudly booed. A number of constituents raised issues about shedding SNAP advantages beneath the brand new legislation.
“I would like folks which might be meals insecure to get sources. I additionally need folks which might be able-bodied and may work to work. In case you do not work, you should not count on free healthcare,” Flood mentioned.
Flood’s feedback about Medicaid prompted one viewers member to shout “tax the wealthy” in response.
