Lawmaker tells activists to ’scare’ Congress with videocameras

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009 -- 9:06 am
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capitol Lawmaker tells activists to scare Congress with videocamerasThe conservative Republican lawmaker who once said activists should “slit their wrists” to protest Democrats’ healthcare reform now believes Congress should live in fear.

In a conference call with supporters Wednesday night, GOP Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) said a motley crew of activist she’s drummed up to take her anti-healthcare message to Congress should “scare” lawmakers with video cameras.

"Nothing scares members of Congress more than freedom-loving Americans," she said in a conference call Wednesday, according to Politico. She urged her backers to confront congressmembers with video cameras. "I think that will absolutely scare these members of Congress so much that Pelosi will not get the votes and it will kill the bill."

Bachmann took her message to Fox News on Tuesday, where she described the protest as a “Super Bowl of freedom.”

"Let the Congress know that the messages from the tea party are still relevant," Bachmann told Fox News' Gretchen Carlson. "This is it, this is the Super Bowl of freedom this week.”

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This video is from Fox News' Fox & Friends, broadcast Nov. 3, 2009.


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  • Savantster
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    The only Congress Critters to be afraid of the camera are the right-wingers anyway. They tell so many different stories to so many different people that they never know what to say on the street because they don't know who the audience is..

    Most Dems aren't afraid of the camera, they are afraid of the psychos carrying them.. And they should be.

    Overall, though.. Congress needs to be 95% replaced. It is no longer a body of politic for the people's business, it is a body of corporate jockeying. We need to get some normal people in there, not these multi-millionaires and spouses of large defense contractors.
  • rickpetes
    My god! (if I had one) How do these people survive and multiply? I mean, this woman couldn't hold a job in the private sector. You can't make a profit by being stupid...Oh, wait. Beck, Limpough, hannity, the jew savage, Olielly, Malkin, Coulter etc. So, I guess you can. Never mind...
  • davidbodhi
    Well, WJM51.... I couldn't have said it better..
  • WJM51
    Hey, Bachmann! SHUT YOUR GODDAMNED TRAP!

    If ANYTHING scares me, it's that YOU are allowed to walk the streets as a free woman without psychiatric oversight. You, "Ma"am", are a complete pychotic who needs help severely. Seek some.

    And in the mean time, STFU.
  • starvapor
    Carrying her video camera and not even wearing a costume or mask, Bachmann went out on Halloween and scared the hell out of hundreds of children.
  • darker
    Americans want REFORM
    and GOP-REPUBLICANS just want to
    give us Halloween --Boo! ! !

    REPUBLICANS: they crashed the system and
    don't deserve another chance.
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