Michele Bachmann Defends Tea Party Movement With Facts, Statistics

Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made an appearance on Fox News Sunday today and gave viewers something she often keeps to herself: a sensible run-down of the policies she takes issue with in the Obama administration. Host Chris Wallace, expecting the Bachmann that showed up on Hannity last week, brought up some of her more controversial statements, but she chose to reply with a level-headed defense of the Tea Party movement.

Wallace could not have done more to goad her into character, reminding her of her Nostradamus references, claim that Barack Obama was anti-American, and fierce loyalty to George W. Bush, and playing several clips from her appearance on Hannity last week that belied her calm demeanor on his program. Her responses proved why she is the leader of the Tea Party movement: “the country has never gone this far in taking this much of the private economy,” she argued– typical for her, except this time she had a 51% statistic of federally-controlled business to back her claim up. She explained how she was one of the few riding the Tea Party wave actually legislating to make their political beliefs laws, explaining the details of a health care bill she is working on to counter the effects of the Obama-supported health care bill that passed to much fanfare last month.

She also endorsed Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio, but declined to pick a horse in the Arizona Senate race between John McCain and JD Hayworth. Watch the clip below:

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