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Congressman Joe Wilson collapses at event, rushed to hospital

2024.09.10 22:18

(Reuters) – Republican representative Joe Wilson, a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, collapsed at an event on Tuesday and was rushed to hospital, his office said.

The official X profile for Wilson, 77, wrote a message that said the congressman “was taken ill and is being evaluated at a local hospital in Washington, DC.”

Wilson’s son Alan Wilson, the attorney general of South Carolina, wrote on his X profile that “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,” he added.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) speaks with Yael and Adi Alexander, parents of Edan Alexander, before the start of a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee roundtable discussion with family members of individuals being held hostage by Hamas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Wilson fell ill as he was sitting in the front row of a celebration of Ukraine’s Independence Day at Ukraine House in Washington’s diplomatic enclave. The Ukrainian ambassador had just started speaking when she stopped and asked for a doctor.

Wilson has represented a conservative district in South Carolina since 2001. He became well-known in the U.S. in 2009 for shouting “you lie!” at President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress.



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