Claim: At Friday's conservative Values Voter Summit, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann spoke out against "falsehoods and rumors" about the tea party movement. We applaud any call to combat misinformation — but Bachmann would do well to guard against falsehoods and rumors herself. In the same speech, she complained about "Speaker Pelosi, who has been busy sticking the taxpayer for a $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that she is flying." That's a totally off-base assertion that we addressed back in March.
Fact-check: Bachmann Decries Rumors, Then Spreads Them - FactCheck.org
Verdict: at friday's conservative values voter summit, minnesota rep. michele bachmann spoke out against "falsehoods and rumors" about the tea party movement. we applaud any call to combat misinformation — but bachmann would do well to guard against falsehoods and rumors herself. in the same speech, she complained about "speaker pelosi, who has been busy sticking the taxpayer for a $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that she is flying." that's a totally off-base assertion that we addressed back in march.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jess Henig
Date published: 2010-09-19T03:49:28