"you lie!" (in response to president obama saying health reform would not insure illegal immigrants.)
"you lie!" (in response to president obama saying health reform would not insure illegal immigrants.)
joe wilson
during the speech, the president discussed the health coverage of illegal  immigrants, saying: "there are also those who claim that our reform efforts would  insure illegal immigrants. this, too, is false. the reforms i'm proposing would not  apply to those who are here illegally." at this point, south carolina republican  rep.
sep 10, 2009 ... when obama touched on the issue of health care coverage for illegal immigrants , the president's speech was interrupted by rep. joe wilson, r-south carolina,  who shouted "you lie." members of both parties condemned the heckling and,  after the speech, wilson issued a statement apologizing for his ...
sep 10, 2009 ... the incident came directly after obama said, "there are also those who claim  that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. this, too, is false. the reforms i 'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally." "you lie!" rep. joe  wilson, r-s.c., shouted from his seat on the republican side of ...
joe wilson's apology; wilson says gop leadership told him to call white house,  apologize; wilson issued apology to president over "you lie!" outburst during  speech; outburst came when obama denied health care plan covered illegal  immigrants. updated 2:14 p.m. edt, thu september 10, 2009. next article in  politics ».
sep 9, 2009 ... wilson yells "liar" after obama says illegal immigrants won't be insured. ... "if you  like your plan you can keep your plan" ﻿ ... time of this outburst, there were very  clear provisions in the law that prevented insurance credits to illegal immigrants,  so wilson really had no objective basis for his claim other than his ...