Rep. Mike Flood of Nebraska is the latest GOP member of Congress to face angry crowds back home
apnews.com

... 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, 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. ...

I do give Rep Flood credit for holding that forum.

But I guess the outcome may not have been what he expected.

Indeed, then, he seemed to switch his approach ...

Congressman Mike Flood greeted by hostile crowd at Columbus town hall
nebraskapublicmedia.org

... Boos followed, prompting Flood to ask the crowd, "How can you be against a balanced budget?"

Moments later, a "tax the rich" chant was echoing throughout the auditorium.

Applause was seldom throughout the night, but the crowd's most positive reaction came when Flood expressed his support for Ukraine and NATO.

"I do not feel like Ukraine should have to give up any land to Russia. I also believe that the Russians should return the 20,000 Ukrainian children they kidnap. I want better relations with Ukraine, and I want a strong NATO, and I want us involved in NATO," he said, each line interrupted by thunderous applause. ...