It turns out Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) has had a prominent defender among his colleagues, sticking up for his “You lie!” outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). In an interview late last week with NewsMax, Bachmann said Wilson “spoke the truth.”
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