{"id":2014353,"date":"2023-08-28T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-the-plumber-who-confronted-obama-on-08-campaign-trail-dies-at-49\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:39:59","slug":"joe-the-plumber-who-confronted-obama-on-08-campaign-trail-dies-at-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-the-plumber-who-confronted-obama-on-08-campaign-trail-dies-at-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe the Plumber, who confronted Obama in &#8217;08, passes away at 49."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-the-plumber-who-confronted-obama-on-08-campaign-trail-dies-at-49%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2014353&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (L) and Samuel \u201cJoe\u2062 the\u2062 Plumber\u201d Wurzelbacher address a\u2064 campaign rally at Lorain County Community College \u2064October 30, \u200d2008 in Elyria, Ohio. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James \u200cMeyers<\/a><br \/>11:26\u2064 AM \u200b\u2013 Monday, August 28, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who became widely known as \u201cJoe The Plumber\u201d after confronting \u2064then presidential\u200b nominee \u200dBarack Obama during\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-mccain-distances-family-from-the-lincoln-projects-steve-schmidt-john-weaver\/\" title=\"Meghan McCain Distances Family From The Lincoln Project\u2019s Steve Schmidt, John Weaver\">2008 presidential campaign<\/a>, died on \u2063Sunday at \u206349-years-old. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe the \u200cPlumber,\u2062 the man \u200cwho went viral after confronting Barack Obama during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-the-plumber-who-confronted-obama-on-08-campaign-trail-dies-at-49\/\" title=\"Joe the Plumber, who confronted Obama in '08, passes away at 49.\">2008 presidential \u2064debates<\/a>, has gone to be\u200c with the Lord\u2062 at age 49 after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forgotten-astronaut-michael-collins-dead-at-90\/\" title=\"\u2018Forgotten Astronaut\u2019 Michael Collins Dead At 90\">valiant battle<\/a> with pancreatic\u2062 cancer.\u200b <\/p>\n<p>Joe leaves behind a wife, 3 young\u200b children, and an\u200d adult son.<\/p>\n<p>Please donate what\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lwf4MpVTIq\">pic.twitter.com\/Lwf4MpVTIq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sara Gonzales \u200b(@SaraGonzalesTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaraGonzalesTX\/status\/1695905255051927742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>His wife \u2064confirmed the \u200bnews \u2064on\u200c Monday in an email to Fox\u200b News \u200bDigital. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOur \u2062hearts are broken. We lost\u200b a beloved husband, father, son, brother and \u2062friend. He made an impact\u2062 on so many lives,\u201d Katie Wurzelbacher wrote in \u200ca\u2063 statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes after\u200b Wurzelbacher announced \u2062in July he was \u200cdiagnosed with\u200d stage \u2062three pancreatic cancer. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen \u2062I met Joe he \u2062was already known by everyone\u200d else\u200d as \u2018Joe\u2062 The Plumber\u2019 but he wrote something to me that stood out and showed\u2063 me \u200dwho he truly was: \u2018just Joe,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was an average, honorable man trying \u2063to do great things for the country he \u200cloved\u2064 so deeply after being thrust into the public eye for\u2063 asking a question.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wurzelbacher was a military\u2062 veteran \u2063who was undergoing treatment at the\u200c Ann \u2063Arbor \u200dVA Hospital \u200band the University\u2064 of Michigan Hospital. <\/p>\n<p>His trademark \u2064name\u200d came after he was critical of Obama\u2019s tax plan during a 2008 campaign stop in Toledo, Ohio.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/complianz\/placeholders\/youtubePUvwKVvp3-o-hqdefault.webp\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-service=\"youtube\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element cmplz-iframe cmplz-iframe-styles cmplz-video\" data-cmplz-target=\"src\" data-src-cmplz=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PUvwKVvp3-o?feature=oembed\" title=\"'Joe the Plumber' Becomes Focus of Debate\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oann.com\/about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m \u2062getting\u200c ready to buy a\u2062 company that makes $250-280,00 a year.\u2062 Your new tax plan\u200b is going to tax me\u200c more, isn\u2019t it?\u201d \u200che asked Obama, according to a video shared by the Associated Press. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>John\u200b McCain, the late \u200bformer U.S. \u2063senator who\u2063 was\u2063 the \u2062Republican nominee against\u200c Obama at the time, referenced \u201cJoe The Plumber\u201d during \u200dhis campaign and had him join on\u2063 the trail. <\/p>\n<p>After the recognition in 2008, Wurzelbacher ran a failed campaign to unseat incumbent Democrat Representative Marcy Kaptur \u2063for\u2062 Ohio\u2019s\u200d 9th Congressional District seat in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe The \u200bPlumber\u201d is \u2062survived\u200c by his wife and children.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u2062Receive\u2063 breaking news blasts\u2064 directly to your inbox for \u200dfree. Subscribe \u2064here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Florida\u200c governor Ron \u2062DeSantis continues to maintain his second\u2063 place status in\u200c the\u2063 Republican primary.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrat presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Junior heads to South Carolina, as\u200d he vows to\u2064 fight for medical\u200c freedom. One \u2062America\u2019s \u2064Nathaniel\u200b Mannor has\u200d the latest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Hollywood is mourning the\u200c death of iconic game-show \u200cpersonality Bob Barker.\u2064 Here\u2019s more on the stars legacy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has been filled \u200bWith major \u200dheadlines in the U.S. and around the world.\u200b One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has\u200d more\u200d in our Week In\u200b Review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden\u2019s\u200d Ericsson predicted on Friday\u200d intellectual property rights \u2064(IPR) licensing income of 11 billion Swedish crowns ($1 \u2063billion) this year\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u200d Hannah Lang (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency brokers, including exchanges and payment processors, would have to report new information on users\u2019 \u200dsales and exchanges\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Hannah Lang (Reuters) \u2013 Cryptocurrency brokers, including exchanges and payment\u200d processors, would have to report \u200bnew information on users\u2019 sales and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Aditi Shah, Aditya Kalra\u2062 and Nikunj \u200cOhri NEW \u200bDELHI (Reuters) -India\u2062 is working on\u200c a new \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-pushes-probes-into-biden-administration-ties-to-green-energy-interests\/\" title=\"Top Republican Pushes Probes Into Biden Administration Ties To Green Energy Interests\">electric vehicle policy<\/a>\u200d that would\u2026 \u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in 2008, joined him at a campaign rally in Ohio. The event took place at Lorain County Community College, where they addressed the crowd. 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