Rep. Frederica Wilson demands prosecution for those who mock Congress online

Democratic Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson asserted that people who mock members of Congress online should face prosecution, during comments made Tuesday outside of a migrant detention facility.

"Those people who are online making fun of members of Congress are a disgrace, and there is no need for anyone think that is unacceptable [sic]," Wilson said during comments made outside of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Florida.

"We're gonna shut them down and work with whoever it is to shut them down, and they should be prosecuted," she continued. "You cannot intimidate members of Congress, frighten members of Congress. It is against the law and it's a shame in this United States of America."Click here to subscribe to the expanded print magazine for more politics, deeper culture, better access. Washington Examiner. Straight news. Conservative views.NEXT00:0100:51Chief Political Correspondent Byron York on the expanded Washington Examiner magazineWatch Full Screen to Skip Ads