[Video: Tea Party Republican Rep. Joe Walsh held a townhall at Uno Bar and Grill in Gurnee, Illinois, over the weekend. When the topic of banks and the collapse of the economy arose, the congressman flipped out.]
GAWKER: Is this the angriest interaction between a congressman and his constituents ever, or at least of the ones that have been captured on YouTube? Yes? Let’s go with “yes.” This is Illinois Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh, a.k.a. Congress’ Dad of the Year, just completely unloading on a couple of constituents at a recent town hall at an Uno pizza restaurant. The subject? Leave the banks alone! MORE
RELATED: Another interesting thing about Joe Walsh is that his ex-wife is suing him for $117,437 in unpaid child support. […] While Walsh isn’t a wealthy man — he only made $20-some thousand dollars doing not much of anything last year — he appears to have eschewed those nine years in child supports payments for a $35,000 loan to his campaign, vacations with his girlfriend to Mexico and Italy, and his Evanston condo, which by now is in foreclosure. MORE
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