Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., is seen in the Fiserv Forum on the first day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Monday, July 15, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Wilson asserts that Iran controls Iraq.
He has been using the phrase "Free Iraq from Iran."
"Iran runs Iraq's government," as well as its "military," "judiciary," "police," and "banks," the U.S. lawmaker declared in a post.
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"The great people of Iraq of all religions and ethnicities are the inheritors of an amazing civilization," he said in another post. "They deserve more than to be ruled by the terrorist regime in Iran. Biden abandoned the nonsectarian protest movement in Iraq. We must empower the Iraqi people to Make Iraq Great Again and Free Iraq from Iran."
"Defund Iraq," he declared in another post.
In another post Wilson advocated several policies, one of which is to "Cut all aid to Iraq as long as Iran runs Iraq."
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Wilson and some other GOP lawmakers are pushing a proposal for the creation of a $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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