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Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: Lynda Waddington, Iowa Independent

Bachmann now takes Obama ‘at his word’ about birth certificate

By Lynda Waddington | 04.21.11 | 9:01 am

In an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America Wednesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann, a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2012, told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that the certificate of live birth issued by Obama presidential campaign more than three years ago “should settle it” and that she “takes the President at his word.”

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: WDCpix

Bachmann weighs in on Obama’s citizenship status, Lady Gaga

By Andy Birkey | 02.17.11 | 12:15 pm

On ABC’s Good Morning America, Rep. Michele Bachmann refused to take a stand on whether President Barack Obama was a Christian or not, but did concede that Obama should be taken “at his word” that he’s a U.S. citizen. She also doubled down on her opposition to flex-spending tax credits for breast pumps and weighed in on pop artist Lady Gaga.

Bachmann: No reason to question Obama’s citizenship

By Andy Birkey | 06.29.10 | 12:42 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Star Tribune Monday that she doesn’t question President Obama’s citizenship despite her upcoming appearance at an event organized by prominent “birther” Joseph Farah and featuring a half-dozen conservatives who question…

Bachmann to headline ‘birther’-packed Taking America Back conference

By Andy Birkey | 06.28.10 | 12:15 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann will be headlining September’s Taking America Back conference, an event that includes notable “birthers” Jerome Corsi, Aaron Klein, Joseph Farah and Alan Keyes. In fact, of the 15 speakers, at least 9 have expressed…

Bachmann, Coleman attend event with Orly Taitz

By Andy Birkey | 06.08.10 | 1:33 pm

The Republican Jewish Coalition hosted lead “birther” Orly Taitz on Sunday as a “special guest,” along with former Sen. Norm Coleman and Rep. Michele Bachmann. Last month, Bachmann attended a lunch with Taitz and posed for a photo…

Is Bachmann supporting the birther movement?

By Andy Birkey | 05.17.10 | 4:00 am

During a stop in California over the weekend, Rep Michele Bachmann met up with top “birther” Orly Taitz to pose for a photo. Taitz is best known for representing clients in a series of lawsuits that challenge…

Was ‘Birthers’ born in Minnesota?

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.23.09 | 11:36 am

BirtherIn yesterday’s “On Language” column in the New York Times Magazine, Leslie Savan wrote that while the term “birthers” — “those who insist despite all evidence to the contrary that Barack Obama doesn’t have a U.S. birth certificate and…

Obama birth certificate as seed art at the Minnesota State Fair

By Chris Steller | 08.28.09 | 12:50 pm

President Obama’s birth certificate (or purported lack thereof) has been a central piece of rightwing agit-prop, but at the Minnesota State Fair’s crop art exhibit, it’s now a piece of agri-prop. 

‘Birther Queen’ Orly Taitz racks up Facebook friends, including Michele Bachmann

By David Weigel | 07.31.09 | 11:07 am

Orly TaitzOrly Taitz, the “birther” attorney who gained a sort of official movement leadership status with this week’s appearence on “The Colbert Report,” is bragging that Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), and seven other members…

Peterson afraid of 9/11 truthers?

By Andy Birkey | 07.27.09 | 12:15 pm

PetersonA report by Politico on Monday examined the Republican party’s problem with “birthers,” people who don’t think President Obama is a United States citizen. For balance, Politico asked…