Joe Wilson gifts 'chip of the Berlin Wall' to GOP lawmakers in bid for top committee spot
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A House Republican running for the top spot on the Foreign Affairs Committee is giving pieces of the Berlin Wall to fellow lawmakers to boost his bid.
An inscription accompanying the chip suggests Wilson got the pieces himself nearly 35 years ago, an indirect affirmation of his decades of foreign affairs work. "This symbolizes the collapse of totalitarian communism and the success of democratic capitalism," the elaborate display reads. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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It said the chip was "secured by State Senator Joe Wilson on June 12, 1990, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany."
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