Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina in the hospital after collapse

longtime rep Joe Wilson RSC was taken at the hospital Tuesday night for treatment after he collapsed at an event in Washington according to a congressional Aid with knowledge of the situation later Tuesday night Wilson's office confirmed the news on X Congressman Joe Wilson RSC was taken ill and is being evaluated at a local hospital in Washington DC it said his son South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson later posted on behalf of his mother who is at the hospital saying doctors have confirmed to us that he experienced stroke like symptoms the younger Wilson said he was able to speak with his father on the phone adding that the congressman is stable in being monitored by medical professionals rep Wilson 77 a senior member of the foreign Affairs committee was present for two vote Series in the house on Tuesday afternoon and was joking with reporters just off the floor he said Tuesday he had had a busy summer recess Congress just returned this week from a month-long break Wilson told reporters he had just returned from Whirlwind official travel to the Philippines Australia and Europe including a meeting with NATO Secretary General yen stoltenberg then campaigned back home in South Carolina news Nation first reported Wilson's hospitalization Wilson who has represented a conservative District in Central and Southwestern South Carolina since 2001 is perhaps best known for shouting you lie at President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress in 2009 after Obama said undocumented immigrants would not receive benefits from the legislation that eventually became the Affordable Care Act Wilson was reprimanded by the whole house and apologized to Obama more recently he has become known as one of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine in its war against Russia frequently wearing pins or Flags in blue and yellow the national colors of Ukraine