Human Events Blog  Video: Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Tea Party
Response to State of the Union  Rep. Michele Bachmann
(R.-Minn.), chair of the House Tea Party Caucus, delivered the
Tea Party’s response to Tuesday night’s State of the Union
address and let President Obama know that the American people
are sick and tired of politics as usual from Beltway
bureaucrats.  Lasting a little over six minutes, Bachmann’s
address used charts to explain how and why government grew,
unemployment rose and the deficit ballooned to a catastrophic
level. Bachmann outlined a few specific things that the
President could do to curb spending and reduce our deficit:
The President could support a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Bachmann ended the response by likening the battle over our
current debt crisis and the importance to band together as
Americans to fight the spending to that of the Battle of Iwo
Jima during World War II:   Sign Up