Rep. Bachmann Stuns Fox’s Chris Wallace By Claiming NATO Missile Strikes Killed 30,000 Overnight In Libya

Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann appeared with Chris Wallace this morning and whole-heartedly disagreed with President Obama’s strategy in Libya. However, being so strongly opposed to the President’s position, Bachmann found herself supporting her argument by citing a statistic from a Libyan official who works under Muammar Gaddafi. Such an odd tactic left Wallace scratching his head.

Suggesting that many innocent civilians are dying in Libya as a result of our intervention, Bachmann claimed a “report out of Libya” says potentially 10,000 to 30,000 people could have been killed last night from a NATO airstrike. Wallace wasn’t sure such potential propaganda from Gaddafi could be trusted and wondered why Bachmann was giving it credibility:

Wallace: “So you’re believing the Gaddafi regime?”
Bachmann: “We don’t know, we don’t know. All I’m saying is . . .”
Wallace: “Do you think Muammar Gaddafi is a reliable person?”
Bachmann: “I don’t think anyone thinks that.”

Bachmann was on sturdier ground when more directly attacking Obama, arguing, “President Obama’s policy of leading from behind is an outrage and people should be outraged at the foolishness of the President’s decision” and asking “what in the world are we doing in Libya if we don’t know what our military goal is?” On the broad issues Bachmann can always be relied on for a good rallying cry, but Wallace admirably demonstrated here that he’s not willing to let his guest slide on the finer details of what they attempt to argue.

Watch the clip from Fox below:

(Update) Later in the show Chris Wallace attempts to clarify Rep. Bachmann’s comments: