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Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2014 in posts on Facebook:

Says Michele Bachmann said on Fox News, "This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again."

By Katie Sanders• June 5, 2014

Michele Bachmann stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":

"The president released all of the oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve."

By Louis Jacobson• June 27, 2011

Tim Pawlenty stated on July 24, 2011 in a statement from the campaign:

Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 28, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:

"My husband and I have never gotten a penny of money from the farm."

By Robert Farley• July 1, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:

"After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."

By Louis Jacobson• December 16, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on March 25, 2009 in a press release.:

"Secretary Geithner has left the option on the table" of abandoning the dollar for a multinational currency.

By Alexander Lane• April 1, 2009

Facebook posts stated on February 03, 2014 in a photo-quotation posted to Facebook:

Says Michele Bachmann said "English was good enough for Jesus when he wrote the Bible."

By Sue Owen• February 12, 2014

Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2015 in a meme.:

Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China."

By Linda Qiu• August 20, 2015

Americans United for Change stated on February 18, 2010 in a radio ad:

"Congresswoman Bachmann actually said we should be 'weaned' off our Social Security and Medicare. She wants to privatize Social Security and replace Medicare with some kind of voucher system."

By Catharine Richert• February 25, 2010

Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.:

Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.

By Sue Owen• October 14, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on November 23, 2011 in an interview:

Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."

By Eric Stirgus• November 29, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate:

"Our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in."

By Molly Moorhead• October 12, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on May 09, 2022 in an interview on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast:

“The Biden administration is bringing amendments that would propose that all nations of the earth cede their sovereignty over national health care decisions to the WHO.”

By Jon Greenberg• May 19, 2022

Uspoln Website stated on July 07, 2017 in a post on the Internet:

Says former Rep. Michele Bachmann said that "White People Have Suffered More In The Last 8 Years Than Blacks Did During Couple Years Of Slavery."

By Louis Jacobson• July 14, 2017

Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2014 in a Facebook meme:

Says Rep. Michele Bachmann said President Barack Obama might be to blame for the Fort Hood shootings.

By Katie Sanders• April 10, 2014

Michele Bachmann stated on September 17, 2010 in a speech to the Values Voter Summit:

"Speaker Pelosi ... has been busy sticking the taxpayer with her $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that she's flying."

By Louis Jacobson• September 21, 2010

Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in a Washington Times interview:

Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."

By Robert Farley• June 25, 2009

Michele Bachmann stated on February 15, 2011 in an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show":

The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 18, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in an interview with the Washington Times.:

ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."

By Robert Farley• June 26, 2009

Michele Bachmann stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at the conservative CPAC conference:

Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor."

By Louis Jacobson• March 19, 2013

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