Michele Bachmann’s tiff with segments of the SC Tea Party movement dates back about a month, after her campaign accused Newt Gingrich of buying them off by taking them on as staffers.
She raised the charge again on CNN Wednesday night, which – Patch.com reports – has now drawn an angry letter from the accused tea partiers:
“Now that Michele Bachmann herself has decided to throw fuel on the fire, and this issue has become national news, we as leaders within the South Carolina tea party movement feel we must speak out to defend our integrity,” reads the letter, which was circulated on Twitter and on at least one Tea Party website.
Bachmann’s SC spokesman, Wes Donehue, who first voiced the concern about Gingrich’s efforts, declined to comment on the record to Patch.
They accuse Bachmann of trying to divide the tea party movement, and defended Gingrich, who has said time and again that the only real opponent is President Barack Obama.
