Nebraska's Mike Flood got an earful from voters. He's still standing by Trump's agenda

Nebraska's Mike Flood got an earful from voters. He's still standing by Trump's agenda

Steve Inskeep

Obed Manuel

August 07, 2025 / 2:00 am

Representative Mike Flood felt the full fury of his constituents over his support of President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" at a town hall meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska this week.

Flood — a second-term Republican — hosted the public gathering Monday night where attendees loudly berated him about concerns that social safety net programs, namely Medicaid, would be affected by the president's signature piece of legislation.

Attendees from the crowd of more than 700 also questioned the president's controversial approach to immigration enforcement and repeatedly heckled Flood as he tried to defend the tax and spending measure. At one point many in