Michele Machmann Brags that She Helped Co-Opt Tea Party Movement and Undermine Independence of American Voters

Michelle Bachmann in an interview with Politico:

"I was instrumental in bringing tens of thousands of people to the U.S. Capitol to rally against Obamacare and to attend our press conference. I’ve been able to highly motivate people — from disaffected Democrats to independents to Republicans to nonpolitical people. My voice has been one that has rallied people to come to the cause. There was a real question, even 18 months ago, about whether the tea party would become a third party. I worked really hard to pull them to our party because we have to have a two-party system," says Bachmann.