a social media post on Tuesday stated that South Carolina Republican representative Joe Wilson was rushed to a hospital Mr Wilson's official social media account confirmed his medical issue with a post the article stated that Congressman Joe Wilson RSC became ill and was being assessed at a nearby hospital in Washington DC doctors have confirmed to us that he has experienced stroke-like symptoms stated Alan Wilson Joe Wilson son and the Attorney General of South Carolina in a separate tweet on Tuesday night Wilson had spoken with his mother who was in the hospital in his social media post Alan Wilson wrote I was able to speak with him moments ago and I am incredibly thankful that he is stable and being monitored by medical professionals more information was not immediately accessible Mr Wilson 77 gained notoriety in 2009 when he angrily yelled you lie at President Barack Obama in a joint session of Congress many viewed the eruption as a protocol violation and both party members condemned Mr Wilson's actions after he personally and publicly apologized to the president in his bid to retain his seat in the conservative Central South Carolina District that elected him in December 2001 Mr Wilson is facing up against Democrat David Robinson in addition to serving on the house armed services committee and the house committee on education and the workforce he is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs committee