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Flood said he supported medical research funding but also supported efforts to find more efficiency in government, again citing the national debt.<\/p>\n
He attempted to continue his answer multiple times as people booed, prompting him to incredulously ask, ‘How can you be against a balanced budget?’<\/p>\n
Democrat groups had advertised their presence ahead of the packed event. MoveOn promoted a ‘Musk or Us’ protest at the same time and location as Flood’s event. Nebraska Democratic Party staff were also onsite, a top official wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Flood said Democratic Party staffers were handing out leaflets to attendees outside the event.<\/p>\n
‘I, like every other member of Congress right now, am dealing with a lot from the Democrats. \u2026 And last night was an extension of the same at the end of the day,’ he said. ‘I represent them, so I’m happy to visit with them. I’m happy to explain where I am on the issues, but it was obviously fairly coordinated among certain folks last night. Ultimately, we had an exchange of ideas, and that’s what’s important.’<\/p>\n
The Nebraska Republican was the lone House GOP lawmaker whose office held a formal town hall this week while Congress is in recess.<\/p>\n
House Republican leaders warned their conference to refrain from in-person events as anti-DOGE demonstrations escalate.<\/p>\n
But Flood said he would persist and hold his next town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska, in August.<\/p>\n
‘We have to explain to the people we represent every single day that $36 trillion national debt is a national security issue. It’s a ticking time bomb. And I think confronting the issue by raising it at a town hall, there’s a lot of value to that,’ Flood said. <\/p>\n
‘I think last night, the best part of it was that I got the chance to explain and connect the dots for people as to why I’m so supportive of some of the spending cuts that we are engaged in right now.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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