Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) is well known for her outspoken viewpoints and questionable rhetoric, but this is controversial even for her standards.
During a floor speech Thursday, Bachmann implored the House of Representative to repeal President Obama's healthcare law, better known as Obamacare, that was passed three years ago. Clearly, she believes it is a grave threat to our nation.
"Repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. Let's not do that! Let's love people, let's care about people. Let's repeal it now while we can," Bachmann opined.
But it didn't stop there. Later on she came back to the floor, this time to take a shot at the federal health entitlement program for lower-income Americans, Medicare. Bachmann claimed it was nothing more than a "ghetto."
Granted, Obamacare has been embroiled in controversy ever since it was first proposed. There were fears from many Republicans that certain aspects of the law would allow for "death panels", wherein boards would be created to judge the cost-effectiveness of various treatments. Bachmann may have been using these "death panel" remarks as one justification for her bold claim.
"I can't understand where she's coming from," Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., said on Jansing & Co. Friday. "The Affordable Care Act improves coverage."
Bachmann's remarks come at a time when Republicans are once again trying to kill Obamacare, a practice they have engaged in once a month on average since the law was put into place. They have failed every time.
Political fact checkers have had Bachmann in their sights for quite some time now, and her notorious stretching (that's generous) of the truth may be at play again. At CPAC Bachmann claimed that Alzheimer's could be cured if government regulations weren't in the way, a statement Politifact.com rated as "pants on fire" false. She also stated that 70% of every food stamp dollar goes to bureaucrats, to which Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler replied:
"There really aren't enough Pinocchios for such misleading use of statistics in a major speech."
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