GOP Rep Earns Loud Jeering At NE Town Hall After Admitting He Didn’t Read Key Provision Of Budget Bill

NBC News reports:

Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., faced intense questioning from people at a town hall Tuesday, at one point conceding that he did not read a provision in the House’s “Big Beautiful Bill” before he voted for it, triggering loud protests from the audience. The town hall was held in a high school in Seward, Nebraska, and livestreamed on YouTube by News Channel Nebraska — a media network founded and owned by Flood.

Flood admitted he did not read the full bill when an audience member asked him why he had voted in favor of a provision that would make it harder for judges to enforce orders holding parties before them in contempt for defying court orders. Flood, who holds a law degree from the University of Nebraska, said that he did not agree with the provision and that he was unaware of it when he voted in favor of the bill.

Read the full article. The clip is cued up. Flood last appeared here in 2023 when he compared managing the GOP House caucus to “herding cats on meth.”

U.S. Rep. Mike Flood held a heated town hall event in Seward Tuesday night. Some of the topics constituents voiced concerns about were potential cuts to Medicaid and veterans’ services.https://t.co/Edgweu3bAk

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