Joe Wilson "You Lie" moment

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"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," he'd said during a speech to Congress in September of 2009.

At the time, then-Republican Rep. Joe Wilson attracted widespread, bipartisan criticism for interrupting the speech to yell, "You lie!"

Here's a reminder of what that noteworthy event:

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