WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The GOP congressman from South Carolina who shouted out during President Obama's health care address to Congress insisted Thursday that his outburst was spontaneous.. Rep. Joe Wilson shouts, You lie! after President Obama denies the health plan would cover illegal immigrants. Rep. Joe Wilson shocked many observers Wednesday night when he shouted, You lie! after the president denied that health care legislation would provide free coverage for illegal immigrants. Some people using Twitter suggested that Wilson's retort was planned and pointed to a comment the lawmaker posted on Labor Day:
The 12 June 2016 shooting incident at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando , Florida , that left ( as of this writing ) 49 victims dead and 53 wounded prompted inevitable comparisons to previous mass shooting incidents , as well as vigorous debate over whether Orlando was truly the  worst mass shooting incident in U.S. history  or whether it ranked ...
The attack is the second-deadliest mass shooting by a single shooter in United States history, behind the 2017 Las Vegas shooting; prior to the Las Vegas shooting, the Pulse shooting had been the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.