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Judi Lynn

(164,155 posts)
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 09:25 PM Jul 2019

A short break, to ask, after seeing this photo, do you think the other guys knew

Joe Wilson intended to shriek "You lie" at real President Obama?

I've been looking at these pictures in google images, and every one looks as if they were all in on it, and were NOT in the least surprised:

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https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a5b71d35970c-pi



Rep. Joe Wilson's 'You Lie' Line Used Against Him at Contentious Town Hall



A woman shouts at Rep. Joe Wilson, not pictured, during a town hall meeting on April 10 in Graniteville, South Carolina.Sean Rayford / Getty Images

April 11, 2017, 9:31 PM CDT / Updated April 11, 2017, 9:31 PM CDT
By Phil Helsel

An angry crowd in South Carolina chanted "you lie" to Rep. Joe Wilson at a town hall Monday, using the Republican congressman’s own infamous line against him.

Wilson was rebuked after shouting those words at former President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress in 2009, after the president said the health reforms he was proposing would not apply to those in the country illegally.

Wilson later apologized, and Obama accepted the apology, saying at the time that "we all make mistakes."

Wilson was confronted at a town hall in Aiken County, South Carolina, on Monday again on the issue of Obamacare — but this time by people upset over Republicans’ plans to repeal the health care law.

More:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rep-joe-wilson-s-you-lie-line-used-against-him-n745426

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Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
1. What would trumpie do if someone shouted this at his SOTU addresses ?
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 09:34 PM
Jul 2019

He couldn't order "Get 'em out of here."

I'd pay real money to see someone do that.

yonder

(10,298 posts)
2. The last pic looks like Gym Jordan 2 seats to the right of JW getting a chuckle too.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 09:35 PM
Jul 2019

Plus the bald guy right behind Gym, I forget his name.

Looks like something was afoot there.

Judi Lynn

(164,155 posts)
3. I got a mental block trying to remember his name, too. He's a real creep,
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 09:39 PM
Jul 2019

from California, and a total war fanatic.

Journeyman

(15,467 posts)
5. Jordan is from Ohio. We have enough wackjobs from California; please don't emigrate more our way...
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 10:10 PM
Jul 2019

Judi Lynn

(164,155 posts)
6. In one of those photos, he looked thrilled to see a racist try to humiliate Pres. Obama.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 11:44 PM
Jul 2019

Very shabby, dirty critters, Republicans.

Jordan is in heaven these days, this is his time to shine, it seems.

He plans to tear Mueller a new one, along with some others, when he shows up in a couple of weeks. In their dreams!

yonder

(10,298 posts)
10. It was driving me nuts trying to remember. I think the hairless one is Kevin Brady. From Texas.
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 01:30 PM
Jul 2019

Raine

(31,206 posts)
7. I think they had all agreed to do it together
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 01:54 AM
Jul 2019

and he was the only one dumb enough to go thru with it when the time came.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
8. I yelled that at him at him during a Xmas parade .
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 02:15 AM
Jul 2019

The following December, I think.

Wasn't planned.

Just an eruption on seeing him.

And yeah, all those smirking faces knew that was coming.

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