Astroturf: ‘Republicans’ Chant ‘Tax the Rich’ at Totally Organic Nebraska Town Hall

For a while now, we've been hearing about "Republicans" who regret their vote for Donald Trump showing up at town halls in red areas to express their anger with the government. More Perfect Union, "media that builds power for working people," posted a video of Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood being drowned out by these fed-up Republicans chanting, "Tax the rich" instead of cutting government.

Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood is stunned as the crowd at his own town hall rejects his defense of Trump, Musk, and DOGE and drowns him out with chants of “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” pic.twitter.com/VKeS68PiTB
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) March 19, 2025

Wow, the people are really mad.

Chanting "tax the rich" at a town hall in Nebraska is a great way to show that pushback isn't organic.

And what do you know - "More Perfect Union," who helped organize this turnout, is run by Bernie Sanders' former campaign manager and funded by George Soros. https://t.co/4Qh4ca5bq7
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) March 19, 2025

Now that's stunning.

Of course.

In addition to "More Perfect Union," Indivisble and MoveOn - funded by George Soros, Arabella Advisors, and teachers unions - organized volunteers and operatives to disrupt.

Fox even got a hold of reddit threads showing rapid response coordination to blow it up. pic.twitter.com/9EBj2xbu7d
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) March 19, 2025

Here's the latest example of left-wing dark money orgs astroturfing protests in response to Trump and House Republicans.

Last night, the Nebraska Democratic Party, MoveOn, and Indivisible organized protests against Rep. Mike Flood, shouting "Tax the rich."

Who funds MoveOn &… pic.twitter.com/uZvuscEfAj
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 19, 2025

… & Indivisible?
George Soros, the Tides Foundation (which supported pro-Hamas protests), and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, to name a few. It's beyond parody that left-wing billionaires are behind the protests where people shout "Tax the rich."

Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Fleming Kleeb posted on X, showing the number of people heading to Flood's town hall minutes after it began. She said state Democratic Party operatives "are on site if you need an action handout of things you can do beyond the town hall!"
Meanwhile, progressive groups MoveOn and Indivisible advertised a "volunteer-organized event," titled, "Musk or Us: Demand Mike Flood Fight Back!"
The time and place listed matched Flood's Tuesday night town hall. The event lasted roughly an hour and a half with little reprieve for the congressman as people peppered him with questions and the crowd jeered him during answers.
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After the event, Fox News Digital observed discussions on the message board site Reddit urging people to go protest Flood. One user posted on a Nebraska-focused message board, "I highly implore District 1 residents to make the drive and come out to make your voices heard."
In response to another commenter noting the event was scheduled to last an hour, the same initial user replied, "That's a whole hour's worth of booing him and his stupid idea that he'll get the support of his precious hometown."
In a separate thread about the town hall, another user posted, "S--- man isn't even in my district, but I'm considering going up there."

A "volunteer-organized event" called "Musk or Us: Demand Mike Flood Fight Back!" Sounds grassroots to us.

Is it grassroots if the org is national but the participants are local? THATS what’s been happening
— G-ackie Daytona (@McDIU05) March 19, 2025

As Mollie Hemingway posted in response to CNN's reporting in February:

If you are working in media and can't tell ***on sight*** that the alleged townhall "protests" are info ops, you are either an idiot or a propagandist. And as Geoff notes, they're not even hiding that they're astroturfed info ops. https://t.co/5uVYskyazy
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) February 27, 2025

They're not hiding it very well if they're using Reddit to organize.

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