Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) and Democratic National Committee chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday threw jabs over Benghazi and whether or not the select committee will conduct a politicized investigation.
“We need to get answers. This cannot be politicized,” Bachmann started off, explaining how the committee will proceed in a fair manner on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
After noting that there are grieving families who lost loved ones in the attack, Wasserman Schultz accused Republicans of using Benghazi to strengthen voter turnout.
“The bottom line here is that the Republicans have clearly lost the ability, because we’ve had such a precipitous drop among republicans even in their fervor for appealing the affordable care act, that they are clearly doing this to drive their turnout and gin up their base,” she said.
“That is not true at all,” Bachmann interjected.
Wasserman Schultz then said that because Republicans are in the majority in the House they can “do whatever they want” and that the the select committee has a “pre-determined” outcome.
Bachmann jumped in again, “That’s absolutely not true.” She then accused Democrats of trying to “sabotage” the committee.
Watch the exchange via CNN:
Check out that still of Bachmann. That’s a pretty nasty flinch she’s got going on there. I saw this debate (without sound) at a deli on the way home from watching Man City win the Premiership. Bachmann was in the middle of saying something when Wasserman Schultz burst into a smile, and I thought, “Order up: One Whopper, extra crayzeee…”
It must be frustrating to debate delusional morons like Bachmann.
Shame on Rep. Wassermann. Getting into a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent is most unsportsperson-like.
“We need to get answers. This cannot be politicized,” Bachmann started off, explaining how the committee will proceed in a fair manner…
I know she is supposed to be from Minnesota, but really…what planet is she from?
Arguing with someone of Bachmann’s mentality must be tiring:
Shultz: Long, thoughtful sentence that makes perfect sense.
Bachmann: Nuh Uhhhhhh… Benghazi!