Posted on 08/14/2011 9:20:59 AM PDT by Nachum
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina received a ton of flak for shouting “you lie” in the middle of President Obama’s rally-for-Obamacare in a joint session of Congress.
The issue was whether Obamacare would cover illegal aliens.
PolitiFact called it one of the greatest distortions in that debate and bragged about calling it a half truth in a post on January 20, 2011:
No new benefits for illegal immigrants. If they make a highlight reel of the health debate, they will surely include the moment when Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted ” You lie!” at President Obama during an address to a joint session of Congress. Obama had said “the reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.” We found that Democratic plans did nothing to change the way illegal immigrants are currently treated in the health care system. So we rated Wilson’s outburst as False.
Republicans countered by saying the Democratic plan wasn’t tough enough in verifying the identity of illegal immigrants to prevent them from fraudulently obtaining benefits. We checked a statement from the House Republican Conference, “Nothing in any of the Democrat bills would require individuals to verify their citizenship or identity prior to receiving taxpayer-subsidized benefits.” We rated that Half True.
But now, Joe Wilson said history has proved him correct:
Nearly two years ago I made national news when I voiced your outrage at the misrepresentations being perpetuated by the Obama administration. The media and Obama’s liberal allies attacked me for only pointing out the truth that ObamaCare would cover illegal immigrants.
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Is anyone in the MSM reporting this?
It’ll make a great campaign ad. Obama is a liar. He lies every day.
Wilson is using it to raise campaign cash now. The DemocRATs will have to respond. Then the response will get reported. Wait for news cycle sometime in the early week to report the response.
My 2 cents :)
...politi & fact... no lies there
Joe Wilson (“You Lie!”) Was Right: ObamaCare IS Funding Illegal Aliens
Barry lied because he knew that his “judges” and “courts” would rule it “unconstitutional” to deny illegal aliens their “right” to “free” healthcare paid for by the American taxpayers.
Did THE ST PETE TIMES PolitiFact lie?
Hmm, I guess it’s possible.
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