‘You Lie’ Joe Wilson is Admonish By House

The House has voted to admonish Rep. Joe Wilson over his “You lie” outburst to President Barack Obama during the president’s health care speech to Congress last week.

The 240-179 vote on the resolution of disapproval reflected the sharp partisan divide over the issue. Democrats insisted that the South Carolina Republican take responsibility for what they said was a serious breach of decorum. Republicans characterized the vote as a political stunt.

Wilson himself would not back down on his position that he owed the House no apology. Surrounded by Republican supporters, Wilson said Obama had “graciously accepted my apology and the issue is over.”
You know what is admonish means? Here is admonish definition and the similar words below.

Admonish implies the giving of advice or a warning in order to rectify or avoid something: “A gallows erected on an eminence admonished the offenders of the fate that awaited them” .

Reprove usually suggests gentle criticism and constructive intent: With a quick look, the teacher reproved the child for whispering in class.

Rebuke and reprimand both refer to sharp, often angry criticism: “Some of the most heated criticism . . . has come from the Justice Department, which rarely rebukes other agencies in public” . “A committee at [the university] asked its president to reprimand a scientist who tested gene-altered bacteria on trees” .

Reproach usually refers to regretful or unhappy criticism arising from a sense of disappointment: “Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach”.