Bachmann to headline North Dakota ‘Take Back Washington’ event

MnIndy file photo

Rep. Michele Bachmann will head to North Dakota on Feb. 12 to “Take Back America” at a rally and town hall meeting sponsored by the the North Dakota GOP. The rally will take place in Bismarck.

“Americans everywhere are fed up with the Democrats’ reckless liberal agenda of higher taxes, more spending, more government bailouts and takeovers, and rising deficits and debt,” Bachmann said in a statement on the rally’s website. “Now more than ever, Washington needs to be reminded that the government answers to the people, not the other way around, and I’m proud to stand alongside North Dakotans who understand this fundamental principle.”

Among the organizational sponsors are the North Dakota Farm Bureau, the National Rifle Association and the North Dakota Family Alliance, which is affiliated with Focus on the Family.

Organizers also gave a nod to Tea Party activists.

“The Tea Party movement is an example of people coming together in order to be heard about the direction of our government, particularly the national debt we are leaving our kids, and the over-reaching we see from Washington,” said Robert W. Harms, an influential grassroots activist from Bismarck in the statement. “People want us to get back to principles that built this nation into the greatest country in the world.”

Tom Freier, executive director of the North Dakota Family Alliance, added “The cultural legacy we leave our children and grandchildren are in jeopardy and its time the voices of the people are heard as we work to preserve the family.”