The Republican speeches were lame and it didn’t matter that the Resolution was anything but harsh, stating simply that Wilson “interrupted” Pres. Obama. They found a way to whine about it anyway.
All Rep. Wilson had to do to keep this from happening was to go to the well of the House chamber to apologize to his colleagues. That was a bridge too far for the former fighter of the Confederate flag; someone who believed as late as the 1990s that it should still fly high. Respecting our first black president is just too much for this southerner. From Southern Studies (via Harpers):
But local lawmakers, like Republican senator Joe Wilson say it is all about pride and history, and nothing to do with racism and hate. He finds comparisons with Nazis odious.
“That’s offensive to me that they would take my heritage and make it into a Holocaust era type description. I find that very offensive, and it’s not true,” Senator Wilson said. “The Southern heritage, the Confederate heritage is very honourable.”
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