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Fox host defends Bachmann ‘gangster government’ comment

David Edwards
18 Apr 2010 at 11:25 ET

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Rep. Michele Bachmann railed against the Democrats’ “gangster government” at a Tea Party rally last week. Former President Bill Clinton pushed back by saying, “The were elected. They are not doing anything they were not elected to do.”

Fox News contributor Brit Hume was quick to defend Bachmann Sunday. Hume said Bachmann was simply talking about “defeating them at the polls. What’s wrong with that?”

This video is from Fox News’ Fox News Sunday, broadcast April 18, 2010.

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David Edwards has served as an editor at Raw Story since 2006. His work can also be found at Crooks & Liars, and he's also been published at The BRAD BLOG. He came to Raw Story after working as a network manager for the state of North Carolina and as as engineer developing enterprise resource planning software. Follow him on Twitter at @DavidEdwards.

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After taking this adorable photo of his ex by a cliff a UK man did the unthinkable

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