Republican Town Hall ERUPTS After Audience Asks, 'Why Are You Covering Up the Epstein Files?'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Aug 4th, 2025, 8:35 pm


A town hall with Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) erupted on Monday after the congressman was asked why his party was “covering up” files related to the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Why are you covering up the Epstein files?” asked a member of the audience as the room erupted into applause and shouting.

Flood responded, “Let’s be very clear. At the next pro forma session of Congress, you’ll find my name as a sponsor on a resolution from the House Rules Committee to release the Epstein files, to protect the victims and not re-victimize them again. I support Jamie Comer, who is the House Oversight Committee chairman, subpoenaing Ms. Maxwell later this month to come testify in Washington. I am for the release of those records.”

Flood’s remarks did little to quell members of the audience, who continued to shout down the congressman.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/republican-town-hall-erupts-after-audience-asks-why-are-you-covering-up-the-epstein-files/

[mgardener]

1. Well..

At least he bothered to meet with his constituents.
Elise Stefanik hasn't been to Plattsburgh since 2017 for a Town Hall.
She held it in a PBS station so small, you had to win a lottery to be able to ask her a question
Her "goodbye tour" in April does not count.

AOC and Paul Tonko did come several weeks ago.
It was held in a theatre that held 1000 people.
They addressed the thousand more that stood in the rain to hear them.

That is democracy in action.
Republicans do not feel they have to explain their votes to anyone.
Or be held accountable.
Republicans are moral cowards.

[Woodwizard]

3. Not once has Stefanik

Been on wamc's congressional corner news show. Plenty of other Republicans have. She has been invited.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. The only Town Halls that Stefanik holds are the very rare Town Halls over the phone

Where she blocks those who disagree with her or ask questions she doesn't like. Cowardly is the word.

And when she was first inexplicably elected, she refused to publicize her schedule since protesters followed her everywhere. BTW, I'm just north of Glens Falls.

[UpInArms]

8. Sam Graves does that also

6th district,Missouri

Such a worthless sack of shit

[Rhiannon12866]

16. We were NY-20 until 2013, inherited a moderate Democrat from up north who was pretty popular

But then he retired in 2015 and I went to the meetup to meet his chosen successor. I liked him a lot, made GOTV calls for him. But inexplicably Stefanik won instead and even though there have been lots of protests, she's continued to win ever since. After January 6th and the second impeachment, billboards went up throughout the district calling for her to resign, I used to pass this one on my way home. I really don't get it and I can sure sympathize.

[AllaN01Bear]

11. our evIl mclintock does those and they are rigged .

i flat out yelled at him " dont bother calling, im a pourd emocrat" click.

[Tikki]

22. He is just the worst..A true Carpet Bagger

How many different districts has he unrepresented. We ran him off out here near the Coast years ago.

Tikki

[AllaN01Bear]

23. un electable in orange county and we got him here .

the rs have been jerry mandering his district so that only he could run. except wher i am a lt voded for obama in the last runnup before mr biden.

[sop]

6. Republicans can't explain their votes without admitting they don't actually represent their constituents.

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They're only worried about angering Trump. GOP town halls are a sham, a leftover from the days when the party responded to the voters' wishes.

[Skittles]

28. CORRECT

and the reason for the extreme-gerrymandering is they know just how unpopular their policies truly are

[littlemissmartypants]

7. And he announced that it would be his last town hall in 2025.

The Tax The Rich chants were a little overwhelming, apparently.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. these town halls are a joke.

[RT_Fanatic]

17. Yes Stefanik is a typical GOP POS

But what does Pittsburgh have to do with it? Is she not a representative for some district in the state of NY? Please, PA has enough disgusting GOPers that we don’t need another one. And don’t get me started on Fetterman.

[Cirsium]

20. Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, New York.

https://cityofplattsburgh-ny.gov/

[riversedge]

2. USAToday: Rep. Mike Flood booed at Nebraska town hall after defending Trump policies

Rep. Mike Flood booed at Nebraska town hall after defending Trump policies
The event in Lincoln, Nebraska, attracted a rowdy crowd that continuously yelled and booed as GOP Rep. Mike Flood defended Trump administration policies.

August 4, 2025 11:13 p.m. ET

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/mike-flood-donald-trump-town-hall-nebraska/85518190007/
Portrait of Zac Anderson Zac Anderson
USA TODAY

[riversedge]

4. FLOOD: One of the ways to bring down our commercial private payer insurance is to not have as many people on Medicaid!!

oh sure--blame the high cost of Private health insurance on Medicaid folks!


CALL TO ACTIVISM
@CalltoActivism
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OMG! This just happened at Rep. Mike Flood's town hall:

Q: What plans does the Congress have for providing reasonable-cost health insurance to Nebraskans?

REP. FLOOD: One of the ways to bring down our commercial private payer insurance is to not have as many people on Medicaid.

Link to tweet

[yardwork]

10. What a lie!

If anything, private insurers are making money on Medicaid managed care plans. They sure competed to get the contracts in NC.

[rurallib]

14. what total hogwash. I don't think he even believes what he's spouting

[Omaha Steve]

9. I was there, here is my photo from the Lincoln paper

I'm in my JFK shirt:

[Peacetrain]

13. People who have the greatest needs are rejected by private insurance

The ACA is a life saver for them. It is exactly the opposite of what this Congressman said. I am just stunned that he is so clueless.. Private insurance makes a huge profit with Medicaid servicing the needs of people. Why did he think the ACA was created in the first place. Private Insurance would not cover people.

[Tribetime]

15. I guess that's the response.Now they don't want to traumatize the victims

[Dave Bowman]

18. "Why Are You Covering Up the Epstein Files?"

Simply because they want to protect the the Pedonald and they have no conscience.

[J_William_Ryan]

19. Trump

isn’t the only Republican who bungled and mishandled the Epstein files debacle.

[hadEnuf]

21. Given what Trump and his fascist cabal have done to this country in the last 6 months

it takes a sex scandal to get people's attention. Yes, it's more than your typical sex scandal, but still.

Thus is the mindset of a large portion of America that is constantly fed propaganda, conspiracy theories and outright lies by a completely corrupted media and the internet where any asshole can be a "star".

[usaf-vet]

24. WITHOUT REDACTION OF THE CLIENT'S NAMES! ONLY PROTECT THE YOUNG VICTIMS. There is reporting that.....

..... the "1000" FBI agents that were sent to review the files were actually REDACTING Trump's name on every page where it appeared.

Sounds like something BONDI, aka blondy, would have ordered done.

[NotASurfer]

25. The more direct question is "why are you protecting pedophiles?"

Frame it for what it is, and put the monkey squarely on the Rep's back. Dive right past the specific thing into what it actually means, figure the squirming slimeball factor goes way up

[Demovictory9]

26. ..

[IcyPeas]

27. Word on the street is that these town halls are full of *democrat* plants.

That's all they have to say. And a lot of their constituents who watch fox and newsmax will believe it.