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Bachmann could face lawsuit for ‘propagating complete and utter lies’
A religious freedom advocate told U.S. News he is considering suing Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) over allegedly slanderous comments she made in a fundraising pitch. “We are caucusing with our legal counsel to consider the most expeditious course of action we can take in a federal court to stop these…
Bachmann: It’s my Christian ‘duty’ to repeal Obamacare before it ‘literally kills’ kids
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday insisted that it was her “duty as a believer in Christ” repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law before “it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens.” In a speech on the House floor, the Minnesota Republican thanked Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) for…
Former Bachmann aide files complaint with FEC alleging illegal payments
A former aide for one of the GOP’s 2012 presidential hopefuls, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, reported the Star Tribune. Peter Waldron alleges that a PAC associated with Bachmann, MichelePAC, used funds to pay a longtime fundraising consultant, Guy Short, who helped…
Bachmann presidential campaign staffers still waiting to get paid
More than a year since their candidate dropped out of the Republican primary for the 2012 election, staffers from the campaign to elect Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) president say they are still waiting to get paid. According to an article by Alex Seitz-Wald at Salon.com, Bachmann’s former national field coordinator,…
Bachmann doubles down on anti-Muslim accusations in debate
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MI) said she stood by five letters alleging that Muslim extremists had infiltrated the U.S. government in a debate Sunday against Democratic challenger Jim Graves. “I certainly do stand by those letters, because what we know is that terrorism continues to remain a very real threat in…
Audience laughs at Bachmann during Minnesota debate
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was loudly laughed at during her first debate with Democratic challenger Jim Graves. At the hour-long debate in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Graves slammed Bachmann for attacking President Barack Obama instead of providing any specific ideas on how keep Medicare and Social Security funded. “At the end…
Jennifer Garner channels Bachmann by battling heathen stripper in ‘Butter’ movie
Jennifer Garner channels former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann in a movie where an aspiring butter sculptor looks to defeat a young African-American girl who is being helped by a stripper. In the movie Butter, Garner plays Laura Pickler, an Iowa woman who “eyes what she sees as long-deserved glory,…
Cantor defends Bachmann: Anti-Muslim witch hunt is ‘about security’
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Friday refused to condemn Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) suggestion that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, had infiltrated the U.S. government on behalf of radical Islamists in the Muslim Brotherhood. Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) accused Bachmann…
Top Romney adviser Bolton calls Bachmann’s anti-Muslim witch hunt ‘legitimate’
Appearing on a radio show on Tuesday, John Bolton, presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s top foreign policy adviser, defended Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s (R-MN) call for an anti-Muslim witch hunt investigation to determine whether U.S. officials have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. “What I think these members of…
Report cited by Bachmann claims Norquist linked to Muslim Brotherhood
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist helped the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrate the U.S. government, according to the report that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) cited in an attack on top State Department aide Huma Abedin. Earlier this month, Bachmann and four other Republicans sent a letter to inspectors general in the State, Homeland…
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