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South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson was hospitalized on Tuesday evening after experiencing a “medical emergency” at an event in Washington, D.C., his staff is confirming.
Wilson, 77, reportedly collapsed at an event in our nation’s capital and had to receive medical attention.
There is no immediate official word as to what caused Wilson’s medical emergency, what his condition was or what his prognosis might be. Wilson’s congressional staff has confirmed, however, that he collapsed, was attended to at the event and was transported to an area hospital, per reporter Joseph Bustos of The (Columbia, S.C.) State.
According to the congressman’s official X account, he “was taken ill and is being evaluated at a local hospital in Washington, D.C.”
Initial reports indicate Wilson may have experienced a stroke. In fact, that account was relayed to a gathering of Republicans in South Carolina by attorney general Alan Wilson, congressman Wilson’s son.
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“I just spoke to my mom who is currently at the hospital with my father,” the attorney general wrote on X. “Doctors have confirmed to us that he has experienced stroke-like symptoms. I was able to speak with him moments ago and I am incredibly thankful that he is stable and being monitored by medical professionals.”
Sources close to the veteran Republican politician told us he was “conscious” and “doing well” in the immediate aftermath of the health scare – and that his doctors were attempting to ascertain what caused him to collapse.
“They’re running tests on him,” a source close to the family confirmed.
Mere hours before his collapse, Wilson attended a press conference on Capitol Hill blasting the administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“The incompetence of the Biden-Harris administration’s surrender from Afghanistan in 2021 resulted in the murder of 13 U.S. service members at the hands of terrorists,” Wilson said, referring to the infamous Abbey Gate debacle.
Wilson and his fellow members of the U.S. House foreign affairs committee just released a new report on the botched withdrawal, which according to Wilson “gets to the truth and finally holds the administration accountable.”
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Wilson’s colleagues in the South Carolina congressional delegation were quick to offer support to their comrade.
“Prayers up for Congressman Wilson and his family tonight,” representative Nancy Mace wrote on X. “Have spoken to the family and I ask we all send a positive vibe and a prayer his way tonight and may he recover as fast as humanly possible.”
Wilson has represented South Carolina’s second congressional district in Washington, D.C. since December 2001, when he won a special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Floyd Spence. He gained national notoriety eight years later when he yelled “You Lie!” at former U.S. president Barack Obama during the latter’s address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
Prior to his nearly quarter century in Washington, D.C., Wilson represented Lexington County in the S.C. Senate from 1985-2001.
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UPDATE |
An update on Wilson’s condition…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Will Folks is the owner and founding editor of FITSNews. Prior to founding his own news outlet, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina, bass guitarist in an alternative rock band and bouncer at a Columbia, S.C. dive bar. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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10 comments
Vaccinated?
Where was Hilary?
Good question.
Giver him a booster shot STAT!
Mental illness in the comments section? Expected for a right wing tabloid blog.
He’s a good, honorable man; I hope he recovers. But I also hope he retires. We need a fire-breathing budget hawk Republican who will get in the trenches, throw punches, swing for the fences and call out the warmongering globalist neocons. Furthermore, anyone who has held what may be the among the top 20 most conservative house districts in all of Congress can do this without fear of losing a swing election. Wilson just doesn’t have that kind of fire in the belly – at least for the last 10+ years. He should be honored for who he is, and what he has accomplished (although it could have been so much more) and retire gracefully.
“budget hawk Republican”
Now there’s an oxymoron.
(sigh) – you’re probably right. That species seems to have died off under George W. and never recovered. But a guy’s gotta wish.
What did he ever accomplish? Every two years he sticks his head out of a hole in the ground and says two things; “Joe means jobs” and “I support our veterans”. That’s it. He does nothing else for two whole years, until the next election. The sheep vote for him and so it goes until the next election. Oh, he did want to build a statue of Volodymyr Zelenskyy at taxpayer expense, in DC. Gee, we should be so grateful.
Get better, Joe.
“The incompetence of the Biden-Harris administration’s surrender from Afghanistan in 2021 resulted in the murder of 13 U.S. service members at the hands of terrorists,” Wilson said,
And when you’re back to work how about remember the 2400 US service members who lost their lives in Afghanistan, including 61 who died during Trump’s tenure. For extra credit remember it was Trump who negotiated with those terorists freeing 5000 Taliban and then didn’t have the balls to withdraw as he had promised many times.