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WASHINGTON-Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina has been hospitalized with a fever according to his office. Wilson famously disrupted President Obama’s address to congress by yelling “You Lie” in 2009.

Wilson is also a supporter of the Confederate Flag and a member of the Sons Of Confederate Veterans, which has ties to white supremacists.

The New York Daily New reports:

Just last week, Wilson’s communications director announced the lawmaker was taking antibiotics to treat symptoms of Lyme disease. Fevers are often associated with the inflammatory disease that’s spread through a tick bite.

According to his office, Wilson, 64, contracted the illness while working in his yard and his condition is not contagious.

Read More At The New York Daily News

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