Michele Bachmann's PAC Is Running For Re-Election Without Her
ERIC LACH – APRIL 1, 2014, 12:10 PM EDT
Just when you thought it was safe to forget Michele Bachmann.
The Minnesota Republican and Tea Party icon announced in the middle of last year that she would not run for re-election in 2014. But recently, her official political action committee, MichelePAC, began actively soliciting money again, after staying quiet for the better part of a year, according to Minnesota Public Radio. And in a recent email to potential donors, MichelePAC (which is actually short for Many Individual Conservatives Helping Elect Leaders Everywhere Political Action Committee) billed itself as an "invaluable resource" that keeps Bachmann from "draining resources" from her own re-election. The re-election she's not running for.
"MichelePAC is a national organization dedicated to turning the the [sic] Senate red and keeping majorities in the House," the email said, according to a screen shot taken by Minnesota Public Radio. "It's an invaluable resource that allows Michele to continue her campaign without draining resources from her own reelection campaign."
MichelePAC's website also appears to allude to current Bachmann campaign efforts. On its "about" page, the group describes how it "successfully swept Nancy Pelosi out of power and into the minority in 2010." It then refers to the 2012 election, which "brought with it an emboldened President Obama who stands ready to implement Obamacare, strip our second amendment rights, and spend, spend, spend!" Now, the group says, its goal is "to maintain the constitutional conservative majority in the house, elect conservatives to the Senate until they have the majority, and a restoration of American values."
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