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(15,535 posts) Wed May 28, 2025, 09:10 AM May 28

'GOP lawmaker sparks town hall fury after admitting he goofed up on bill' [View all]

"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/

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'GOP lawmaker sparks town hall fury after admitting he goofed up on bill' [View all] sop May 28 OP

Good for his constituents. yardwork May 28 #1

Typical repuke. nt MarineCombatEngineer May 28 #2

Considering a Project 2025 proposed law BOSSHOG May 28 #3

Always good to see trump whores suffering the consequences. Paladin May 28 #4

"How was I to know that the G.O.P. would SUCKER me?" - Flood (R) BoRaGard May 28 #5

Nice, but will they still vote for him next November? nt Wounded Bear May 28 #6

THIS! calimary May 28 #14

And that's in a pretty darn conservative part of Nebraska. He didn't read the bill. He don't get my vote. marble falls May 28 #7

Well, now you do know what is in it, so when it comes back to you Scalded Nun May 28 #8

He's going to do exactly what Pinocchio I'll-be-a-real-boy-someday Mike Johnson tells him to. Ol Janx Spirit May 28 #9

Members of Congress don't get to use "didn't read everything..." dchill May 28 #10

The bill that passed by ONE vote. LisaM May 28 #11

So you say, he was the deciding vote karynnj May 28 #13

"I didn't read the bill" MLWR May 28 #12

Either find staff to read through the whole bill... LisaM May 28 #15

EXCELLENT point. calimary May 28 #16

The dog ate my homework. nt Trueblue Texan May 28 #20

Resign...........end of story............ turbinetree May 28 #17

Congressman, you have one job. One job! Too busy, bowing and scraping and kissing orange ass. Walleye May 28 #18

As an attorney, he would have counseled a client to never sign a document without fully reading it. Trueblue Texan May 28 #19

Doesn't he have a staff? patphil May 28 #21

I give this guy some credit for showing up. Doc_Technical May 28 #22

I'm old enough to remember Old Crank May 28 #23

he "didn't read because he didn't care Skittles May 28 #24