'GOP lawmaker sparks town hall fury after admitting he goofed up on bill'

[sop]

"A GOP lawmaker's town hall in Seward, Nebraska, went sideways on Tuesday night after Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) admitted he didn't read everything that was contained in the 'big, beautiful' budget bill the House narrowly approved."

"According to NBC News' Raquel Coronell Uribe, 'The questions only got more intense from there, with attendees grilling him on a number of topics, from Medicaid cuts to his voting record to changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program."

"This is not the first time Flood has run into a buzz saw at a town hall. In March he was showered with cries of 'shame,' as he defended cuts being made by Donald Trump's administration."

You can watch the clip from MSNBC below:

https://www.rawstory.com/budget-bill-judges-provision/

[yardwork]

1. Good for his constituents.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. Typical repuke. nt

[BOSSHOG]

3. Considering a Project 2025 proposed law

Is like considering the Bible to some. You dont have to read it to know it’s just so good for everyone. Just do like the stupid people who trump loves - BELIEVE. No reason to know stuff.

[Paladin]

4. Always good to see trump whores suffering the consequences.

Needs to happen a lot more often.

[BoRaGard]

5. "How was I to know that the G.O.P. would SUCKER me?" - Flood (R)

Dude, the G.O.P. suckers everyone, sooner or later.

Just being a groveling magat repube apparatchik ain't enough.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Nice, but will they still vote for him next November? nt

[calimary]

14. THIS!

I hope by now that they’ve seen enough not to.

[marble falls]

7. And that's in a pretty darn conservative part of Nebraska. He didn't read the bill. He don't get my vote.

[Scalded Nun]

8. Well, now you do know what is in it, so when it comes back to you

assuming the Senate changes anything, what are you going to do?

[Ol Janx Spirit]

9. He's going to do exactly what Pinocchio I'll-be-a-real-boy-someday Mike Johnson tells him to.

Because that's what they always do. And those constituents will still vote for him again because that is what they always do as well--because at the end of the day it's better to lose your farm and your healthcare than to allow a boy to play a girl's sport, limit the capacity of a gun magazine, give one inch on abortion, or let a foreigner improve the life of their family.

[dchill]

10. Members of Congress don't get to use "didn't read everything..."

...as an excuse.

[LisaM]

11. The bill that passed by ONE vote.

Nice try. Obviously some people tried to hit the pause button.

[karynnj]

13. So you say, he was the deciding vote

As to his "didn't read the whole bill" excuse, both Medicaid and SNAP cuts were spoken of in Democratic speeches, media stories and very likely CONSTITUENT calls, letters, emails etc

He is thus either a liar or not even trying to hear his constituents.

[MLWR]

12. "I didn't read the bill"

is right up there with "I was just following orders." And I, for one, am not impressed.

[LisaM]

15. Either find staff to read through the whole bill...

Or vote "no" until you have time. It's not as if Trump is trustworthy.

[calimary]

16. EXCELLENT point.

You didn’t read the bill? WTF are you doing in Congress then? If your job is to legislate, then you damn well read the damn bill before you say yes or no to it, DAMMIT!!!

[Trueblue Texan]

20. The dog ate my homework. nt

[turbinetree]

17. Resign...........end of story............

[Walleye]

18. Congressman, you have one job. One job! Too busy, bowing and scraping and kissing orange ass.

If you can’t read the bill, at least listen to the Cliff Notes on the talk shows. The problem is, they don’t believe there’s such a thing as a honest Democrat. And I don’t believe there’s such a thing as a serious Republican. he won’t have to suffer any consequences because of this.

[Trueblue Texan]

19. As an attorney, he would have counseled a client to never sign a document without fully reading it.

It's hard to take these idiots seriously. Good on the constituency that they held him accountable. Let's just hope they do the same in the voting booth.

[patphil]

21. Doesn't he have a staff?

Can't they all go over a piece of the bill and report back to him? A little group discussion would help make it clear what this bill is all about.
Just what is he too busy doing that he can't do his job?
This bill is deliberately long and convoluted so as to discourage the kind of scrutiny it needs. A trillion dollar "beautiful piece of shit" is what it is.
There's so much in this bill that isn't budget related that the bill needs to be rejected and cleansed from all the garbage that's in it, and then resubmitted.
I'll bet if they did that the bill would be about 1/3 as long as it is now.
Not only is Flood afraid to challenge Trump, he's also too lazy to read the GD bill!
I think he should resign. He's not worthy to be in the Congress making decisions that shape the future of the nation.

[Doc_Technical]

22. I give this guy some credit for showing up.

At least he didn't run and hide like many of his fellow Party members
have done.
Perhaps when one is little more than a rubber stamp,
you don't have to pay attention to what is going on.

[Old Crank]

23. I'm old enough to remember

The GOP bashing Dems over the Obama care bills that was finalized in the last few minutes.
They should follow their own complaints.

[Skittles]

24. he "didn't read because he didn't care

total Trump whore