Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) was interrupted by boos and chants of “tax the rich” while defending the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” and its impact on Medicaid during his Monday town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska.
As Flood discussed the bill’s changes to Medicaid — which includes the largest cuts to the program since it began in the 1960s — the crowd erupted in boos.
“So here’s a question,” Flood said in response to the crowd. “Do you think that people who are 28 years old that can work and refuse to work should get free healthcare?”
Attendees replied with cheers and shouts of “yes.”
“I don’t think that the majority of Nebraskans agree with you,” Flood said in response.
Flood also asserted that the spending bill “protects Medicaid for the future,” which was met with boos from the crowd.
At another point during the town hall, an attendant asked, “Why did you cut SNAP and health care research?”
“We do not have unlimited money in the United States,” Flood said in response, garnering more boos and shouts from the attendees.
Flood, who was recently elected chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus in the House, was also previously interrogated over the GOP’s spending bill and its proposed changes to Medicaid during a town hall in May after the bill passed the House.
At the May town hall, Flood received sharp pushback from the crowd after he said the language of a provision in the bill — which he voted for — was “unknown” to him and that he was not in favor of it. The provision aimed to restrict federal judges’ ability to hold government officials in contempt when they violate a court order.
