BREAKING: House Republican Hospitalized, “Cut His Head”

Wilson cut his head and was transported to the emergency room.

“Last evening, Congressman Wilson slipped in the bathroom of his residence in Washington, DC and cut his head. He was taken to the Emergency Room of a local hospital where he received stitches and is under observation to rule out a concussion. He is alert and working from his hospital room,” a statement from Wilson’s office read, according to The Washington Post journalist Kadia Goba.

Statement from Rep Joe Wilson's (R-South Carolina) office after a fall last night. (He's OK) w/ @ddiamond & @MariannaReports

"Last evening, Congressman Wilson slipped in the bathroom of his residence in Washington, DC and cut his head. He was taken to the Emergency Room of a…

— Kadia Goba (@kadiagoba) March 26, 2026

The South Carolina Republican was taken the hospital in September 2024 after collapsing at an event in D.C.

“Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) was taken ill and is being evaluated at a local hospital in Washington, DC,” his X account stated at the time.

Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) was taken ill and is being evaluated at a local hospital in Washington, DC.

— Joe Wilson (@RepJoeWilson) September 11, 2024

“I just spoke to my mom who is currently at the hospital with my father. Doctors have confirmed to us that he has experienced stroke-like symptoms,” Wilson’s son, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, said at the time.

“I was able to speak with him moments ago and I am incredibly thankful that he is stable and being monitored by medical professionals,” he added.

I just spoke to my mom who is currently at the hospital with my father. Doctors have confirmed to us that he has experienced stroke-like symptoms. I was able to speak with him moments ago and I am incredibly thankful that he is stable and being monitored by medical professionals

— Alan Wilson (@AGAlanWilson) September 11, 2024

NBC News reported in 2024:

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 monthlong 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 Jens Stoltenberg, then campaigned back home in South Carolina.

NewsNation 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.

This story is developing.