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Former tea party Rep. Joe Walsh hasn’t made any child support payments in 2013
Former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) has filed papers in court asking to have his child support payments readjusted. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the one-term congressman is currently unable to make payments to his ex-wife and children because he is unemployed. Walsh says he is trying to wrangle a…
MSNBC contributor calls Joe Walsh out for abortion comments
MSNBC contributor Joy-Ann Reid hammered Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) on Hardball Friday during a discussion on the Republican party’s positions on women’s health issues. “This is a guy who won’t even take responsibility for the births that he is directly responsible for producing,” Reid told host Chris Matthews, referring to…
Rep. Joe Walsh: No abortion exceptions because pregnant women don’t die
Tea party-backed Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) suggested on Thursday that exceptions to abortion bans were not necessary to protect the mother’s health because science had advanced to the point that pregnant women can’t die. In their final debate before the November election, Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth noted that Walsh did…
Elderly woman scolds Rep. Joe Walsh for using ‘scare tactics’
A sassy elderly woman scolded Republican Rep. Joe Walsh (IL) during a town hall event on Thursday, telling the congressman he was using “scare tactics” to get votes. “What I least like about this business is when politicians are not honest with voters and they try to scare you,” Walsh…
Duckworth rips Walsh over ‘dress’ attack: Mostly I’ve worn one color – camouflage
In a debate stunt gone wrong on Tuesday night, incumbent Congressman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) attacked his Democratic challenger, Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth, by showing a photo of Duckworth choosing her dress for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, which she neatly turned around by calling attention to her military…
Rep. Joe Walsh: ‘I know’ Romney was right about the 47 percent
Tea party-backed congressman Joe Walsh (R-IL), who is accused of failing to pay child support, recently said that Mitt Romney was right to insult 47 percent of Americans because “we have too many people in the wagon and not enough people pulling the wagon.” In video published by Mother Jones…
Alleged deadbeat dad Rep. Joe Walsh thinks Sandra Fluke should ‘get a job’
Tea Party-affiliated congressman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) has taken exception to Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke’s remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and said that he thinks the women’s health advocate should “get a job.” According to Talking Points Memo, Walsh made the remarks at a campaign stop in…
Rep. Joe Walsh ‘bothered’ that Republicans won’t ‘stand up’ for Akin
Tea party favorite Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) complained on Tuesday that not enough of his Republican colleagues were defending a fellow congressman who had suggested that victims of “legitimate rape” could not get pregnant. In remarks published by Elmhurst Patch, Walsh lashed out at Republicans for abandoning Missouri Senate candidate…
Chicago-area Islamic school targeted with homemade explosive
A homemade bomb was thrown at an Islamic school in a suburb of Chicago on Sunday night, according to the Chicago Tribune. About 50 worshipers in Lombard, including a few children, heard a loud bang during a Ramadan prayer service and discovered that a plastic bottle filled with household chemicals…
Chicago-area mosque shot with rifle after Rep. Walsh warns of ‘radical’ Islam
Only hours after tea party-backed Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) released a statement warning that radical Islam was trying to “kill Amerians,” police say that shots from a “high-velocity air rifle” narrowly missed a security guard at the Muslim Education Center near Chicago, while about 500 Muslims prayed inside during Ramadan…
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