The words 'you lie!' earned Joe Wilson a resolution of disapproval on the House floor last month. 'You lie!' worth $2.7M for Wilson

The words "you lie!" earned Joe Wilson a resolution of disapproval on the House floor last month.

But the outburst has certainly had its upside, netting him $2.7 million in third quarter political donations — with most of the money raised after his Sept. 9 outburst, according to Federal Election Commission reports filed Thursday evening.


Wilson's $2.7 million quarter is a fundraising anomaly — better than many Senate candidates and even some presidential candidates could hope for.

Democrats hope a simultaneous fundraising boost for Wilson’s challenger, Rob Miller, will position him to make a viable run next November. But Wilson’s newly stocked war chest will give him plenty of resources to defend himself.

Most of Wilson’s contributions came in amounts so small they don’t meet the $200 threshold for reporting the names of the donors.

Of the big-dollar contributions he got, about $45,000 came before Sept. 9 and a little bit more than $593,000 came after.

The post-outburst checks, numbering nearly 1,200, came from all across the country.Wilson's challenger, Rob Miller, had not yet reported his third-quarter fundraising reports