Republican U.S. Rep. Walter Jones was the only member of the North Carolina delegation to cross party lines Tuesday in the House vote to rebuke U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson.
Jones, of Farmville, voted "yes." He was one of seven Republicans to do so, Barb Barrett reports.
Twelve Democrats voted "no," and five voted "present." None was from North Carolina.
The House voted 240-179 Tuesday, mostly along party lines, to issue a reprimand against Wilson, a South Carolina Republican.
A week earlier, Wilson had shouted, "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress.
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Re: Jones crosses lines on Wilson vote
Can we trade Jones to SC in exchange for Joe Wilson? Joe Wilson is 1000000000000000000000 times more the man / the conservative / the Republican than Walter Jones can ever hope to be. Then again, I doubt SC would take him.
He dumps on our troops, despite having the largest Marine base in the US in his district. Now, he's defending the "accidental president" who is trying to take our country the way of a third-world banana republic dictatorship.