Quotes

[in 2008, advocating the investigation of Democratic members of Congress] I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out: Are they pro-America or anti-America?

[in 2011, comparing herself to actor John Wayne] Well what I want them [voters] to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too. [NOTE: John Wayne was from Winterset, Iowa, not Waterloo.]

[in 2005, regarding the federally mandated minimum wage] If we took away the minimum wage--if conceivably it was gone--we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.

[in 2011, claiming that a recent hurricane and a recent earthquake were signs from God to cut government spending] I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, "Are you going to start listening to me here?" Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending.

[in 2009] I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I'm not blaming this on President [Barack Obama]. I just think it's an interesting coincidence. [NOTE: The 1976 swine flu outbreak occurred during the administration of President Gerald Ford, a Republican, not Jimmy Carter.]

[in March 2014] The thing that I think that is getting a little tiresome is, the gay community thinks that they've so bullied the American people and they so intimidated politicians that politicians fear them, and so they think that they get to dictate the agenda everywhere.

[in January 2011] But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States . . . I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly -- men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country. [NOTE: (1) The "founding fathers" did not end slavery; several of them, in fact, were slaveowners themselves. (2) John Quincy Adams was not one of the "founding fathers".]

[in 2011] I will tell you that I had a mother last night come up to me here in Tampa, Florida, after the debate. She told me that her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter. [NOTE: Despite anecdotal stories like this--which Bachmann later retracted--there is no scientific evidence whatsoever that vaccination causes mental retardation]

[in 2009] Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas. [NOTE: It has long been known in the medical community that carbon dioxide can be toxic to humans in concentrations of 900 ppm or more]