Republican Rep. Joe Wilson famously and shamelessly shouted “You lie!” at President Barack Obama during his first State of the Union address in 2009. It was embarrassing for Wilson, his state of South Carolina, and the entire United States Congress.
Like many politicians, Wilson made his way back to his home district for constituent meetings and town halls this week and the crowd that greeted him gave him a taste of his own medicine, chanting “You lie!” at the congressman. The Post and Courier outlines what happened when he was asked about his vote against extending the Violence Against Women Act in 2013:
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson received some protests Monday like other Republican congressmen nationwide during town halls this year, getting drowned out at times with loud boos and receiving 30 seconds of "You Lie" chants.
"I've also supported the local solicitor here, and the solicitor in Lexington all efforts to make sure that violence against women is fully enforced," Wilson said, prompting one of the loudest negative responses of the congressman's 40-minute question-and-answer session with voters in Aiken Technical College in Graniteville.
The crowd was unhappy with his answers—all of them (watch the video below). Nevertheless, hats off to Wilson for showing up to face his district while many of his fellow Congress members are avoiding their constituents like the plague this week.
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