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Columbus, Nebraska – 18 March 2025
1. Wide, pan right, crowd boos and heckles as Rep. Mike Flood, (R) Nebraska, talks about Trump administration spending cuts
2. Wide, pan as crowd chants "tax the rich"
3. Wide, Rep. Mike Flood, (R) Nebraska at front of room
4. Wide of Mike Flood, UPSOUND (English) Rep. Mike Flood, (R) Nebraska:
"Let’s talk about this, because this is actually a very good point. If you look at President Joe Biden’s last State of the Union address, he had a proposal called the Millionaire’s Tax. President Biden proposed a millionaire’s tax. And let me tell you, if it was enacted, it would raise 50 billion dollars a year. That’s about 200 times less than what we need to address that."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Flood, (R) Nebraska:
"Yes, I was prepared for this. You know, I get sometimes 450 calls a day in my office and so I always try to deal with my constituents with a great deal of respect. And I hear them. I know there are some angry people in my congressional district. I also know there’s a lot of people who feel like America’s back on track. And tonight I put myself here because I think there’s value in just allowing somebody to come express themselves."
6. Pan right of Flood addressing room, loud boos as Flood expresses support for extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Flood, (R) Nebraska:
"And you know what? There’s probably some people here that didn’t agree with my position on a lot of things. But they went home with the satisfaction of knowing they let their representative know how they felt. And I think at a minimum there’s some value in that."
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Flood, (R) Nebraska:
"For almost three years now, every single time a funding bill for arming the Ukrainian military has come up, I have always, always, voted to support Ukraine. I support Ukraine." (applause)
9. Wide of Floor on stage, loud boos and heckling as Flood expresses support for Trump’s use of tariffs
STORYLINE:
More than 200 people converged on an eastern Nebraska high school auditorium Tuesday evening for a town hall held by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Flood.
Only minutes in, a cacophony of jeers, boos and angry demands for answers revealed most were there to voice their displeasure with the congressman.
It was unfamiliar territory for Flood — a former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature and popular politician in his deep red state. He had picked Columbus, Nebraska, for his first in-person town hall this year, the hometown of Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and the seat of a county that voted nearly 3-to-1 for Trump in November.
Flood was the latest Republican member of Congress to face backlash at home over actions by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to slash government spending.
Those actions have sparked fear among the public that popular programs like Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security services and benefits could be cut.
Trump has repeatedly said he “will not cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits,” but Musk — the world’s richest man and one of Trump’s most influential advisers — has made remarks that suggest otherwise.
He has called Social Security “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time" and hinted that it could be a primary target in his effort to downsize the federal government.
Flood said he was prepared for the angry response.
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