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Here's the press release from PFAW:
WASHINGTON – Today, People For the American Way will deliver
178,000 petitions to House Speaker John Boehner urging him to remove
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann from the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence in the 113th Congress. Bachmann earned rebukes from
Boehner, John McCain and others last year when she launched a smear
campaign against Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, alleging that Abedin
and other Muslim-American public servants were agents of the Muslim
Brotherhood.
“Michele Bachmann has used her position on the Intelligence Committee
to spread baseless conspiracy theories and smear the reputations of
honorable public servants,” said Michael Keegan, President of People For the American Way.
“Speaker Boehner himself called her actions ‘dangerous.’ It’s
mysterious, then, why he has chosen to reward her reckless extremism
with continued access to sensitive national security information and a
powerful platform for her agenda.”
“Members of the Intelligence Committee are responsible for the safety of all Americans,” continued Keegan.
“178,000 Americans are sending Speaker Boehner a clear message: we
don’t want our national security in Michele Bachmann’s hands.”
People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch has detailed coverage of Rep. Bachmann here.
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