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Bachmann claims anti health care rally was "organic." (video)
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Bachmann claims anti health care rally was "organic."
Signs at Bachmann’s anti-health care reform rally call Obama a ‘Marxist’ and question his birth certificate.
thinkprogress.org - 24 days ago
Signs at Bachmann’s anti-health care reform rally call Obama a ‘Marxist’ and question his birth ...
— thinkprogress.org — Earlier today, ThinkProgress reported on a sign at the GOP’s anti-health care reform rally on Capitol Hill... that used Holocaust imagery to attack health reform. But many right-wing activists carried signs that weren’t related to health ... (more) Signs at Bachmann’s anti-health care reform rally call ...

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Bachmann Calls For Health Care Protest Rally In DC Next Week: ‘We’re Going To Have A Big Party’
thinkprogress.org - 27 days ago
Bachmann Calls For Health Care Protest Rally In DC Next Week: ‘We’re Going To Have A Big Party’
— thinkprogress.org — In an interview with the Washington News Observer , Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) revealed that, next week... in Washington, D.C., the right wing is trying to galvanize yet another mass protest rally against health reform. Following in the spirit of ... (more) Bachmann Calls For Health Care Protest Rally In DC Next ...

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Bachmann Claims Anti-Health Reform Rally Was ‘Organic,’ ‘Nothing That We Planned’
Think Progress — Last Friday on Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced that she was organizing an anti-health reform rally on Capitol Hill, calling on Americans “literally by the busload to come to Washington D.C.” to protest reform. The next day, Bachmann summoned everyone to “get off the couch, get in your car, get a van together, get a bus together, but get here!” “We’re going to have a big party,” she said. Around 4,000 right-wing activists showed up on Capitol Hill yesterday to protest reform. Last night on Fox News, Bachmann inflated the attendance numbers drastically. She also tried to paint the event as entirely ...

Bachmann Claims Anti-Health Reform Rally Was ?Organic,? ?Nothing That We Planned?
The Hollywood Liberal — Bachmann Claims Anti-Health Reform Rally Was ?Organic,? ?Nothing That We Planned? Last Friday on Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced that she was organizing an anti-health reform rally on Capitol Hill, calling on Americans “literally by the busload to come to Washington D.C.” to protest reform. The next day, Bachmann summoned everyone to “get off the couch, get in your car, get a van […] Last Friday on Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced that she was organizing an anti-health reform rally on Capitol Hill, calling on Americans “literally by the busload to come to Washington D.C.” to protest reform. The next day, Bachmann summoned everyone to ...

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mediamatters.org 18 days ago — On his Fox News show, Sean Hannity misleadingly aired video from the 9-12 March on Washington while discussing Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) much smaller November 5 anti-health care reform rally to claim that "twenty-thousand plus" people showed up ...
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In recent coverage of the anti-health care reform held in the Capitol by Republicans Thursday, Sean Hannity ran falsified footage from an earlier much larger rally -- as Jon Stewart ably demonstrated on his program. "All of a sudden, the trees turn green again, and it's cloudy, and it looks like ...
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The tea party protests continued last week, as Congresswoman Michele Bachmann held an anti-health-care-reform rally on the steps of the Capitol. While she estimated that 20,000-45,000 people attended the event, the Washington Post reported it was actually more like 10,000. Still, that is a ...
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