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Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann, first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006, represents the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota. She was reelected in 2008. Previously, she served in the Minnesota State Senate. Prior to that, she spent five years as a federal tax litigation attorney. Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children, live in Stillwater, Minn., and own a mental health care practice.

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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 9, 2022 an interview on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast
“The Biden administration is bringing amendments that would propose that all nations of the earth cede their sovereignty over national health care decisions to the WHO.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2022
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 10, 2015 an interview on CNN
Says Donald Trump’s polling numbers show that he’s "the highest with Hispanics that any Republican has ever been."
False
By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2015
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on July 14, 2013 an interview with World Net Daily
"The president … by executive order" could grant voting rights to illegal immigrants who are newly legalized under pending legislation.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren
The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on health care that will include Americans’ "personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren
The IRS is "going to be in charge of our health care."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren
"The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC
"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at the conservative CPAC conference
Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2012 a Fox News interview
"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."
False
By Becky Bowers • August 29, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • December 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa
"After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Iowa
Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, "put into place socialized medicine."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • December 11, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa
In 1993, Newt Gingrich "first advocated for the individual mandate in health care. And as recently as May of this year, he was still advocating" for it.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 23, 2011 an interview
Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."
False
By Eric Stirgus • November 29, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.
Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican debate in Washington
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
True
By Bill Adair • November 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 28, 2011 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer
"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ...  who've been allowed to stay in this country."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 20, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"Obamacare is so flat-out unpopular, that even the Obama administration chose to reject part of Obamacare last Friday, when they tried to throw out the CLASS Act, which is the long-term care function."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 19, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Michele Bachmann

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Uspoln Website
stated on July 7, 2017 a post on the Internet
Says former Rep. Michele Bachmann said that "White People Have Suffered More In The Last 8 Years Than Blacks Did During Couple Years Of Slavery."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2017
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 17, 2015 a meme.
Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China."
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By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2014 a photo-quotation posted to Facebook
Says Michele Bachmann said "English was good enough for Jesus when he wrote the Bible."
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By Sue Owen • February 12, 2014
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 13, 2011 several media interviews
Says the vaccine to prevent HPV can cause mental retardation.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 24, 2011 a statement from the campaign
Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2011
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