Michele Bachmann On Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Allegations: 'I Don't Have Any Comment'

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) repeatedly dodged questions in a Friday interview on NBC's "Today Show" when asked about sexual harassment allegations surrounding fellow Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.

"Well, I don't have any comment on this particular issue. I don't have any inside information," she said when asked about her perspective, especially as the only woman in the Republican primary. She repeated her comments alluding to the Cain story from earlier this week, saying there would not be "any surprises" with her. She repeated twice more that she had no comment on the issue when pressed by NBC's Matt Lauer.

Two women received financial payouts of $45,000 and $35,000, respectively, in the 1990s over allegations that Herman Cain sexually harassed them. A third woman told the Associate Press that Cain behaved inappropriately toward her and she considered filing a workplace complaint. Since the allegations broke on Sunday, Cain has shifted his story on what he knew about the payments. He has, however, maintained that he has never sexually harassed anyone.

While Bachmann declined to talk about the allegations, she did take a shot at Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan. "Taxes are extremely complicated. They can't be reduced just to a sound bite," she said. She added that she wanted all Americans to pay federal income tax, "even if it's only $10."

Bachmann rolled out her tax plan Thursday in Iowa. She declined to offer a flat tax like her rival Texas Gov. Rick Perry, but said that there would be at most three tax brackets.

 

 

Comments

[John Roman]

12:08 AM on 11/08/2011

Lol Michelle....Hang it up, walk the walk, back to the clearly confused voters of MN that elected you. (What were they thinking????)....and leave the rest of us alone, please.

[Tom Rugg]

07:49 PM on 11/07/2011

Missed you chance to go public Michele. I saw him leer at you I'm sure of it.

[Lawyer13]

06:03 AM on 11/06/2011

A view from an English guy : Strikes me that this dreadful woman Michele Bachmann has noting of anything worthwhile to say on anything. As far as saying anything about Herman Cain, you know what they say, "birds of a feather flock together".

[Only Facts Please]

06:22 PM on 11/05/2011

Poor Michele! She just doesn't see the writing on the wall......YOU ARE IN OVER YOUR HEAD!

[Lawyer13]

06:04 AM on 11/06/2011

F & F. You are so right my good friend.

[Ken Alan Lancaster]

04:47 PM on 11/05/2011

Doesn't have any comment on it? So if it did happen she has no comment ... does she then agree because if you don't raise your voice against something like this you are tacitly approving of the conduct. A leader would have something to say about this not just avoid an issue which many people find disturbing. And as women are subject to more sexual harassment than men SHE should have taken the lead. But what does anyone expect from her. Bachman is such a clown it is truly amazing that she is anywhere near running for President of the US.

[Makos62]

04:38 PM on 11/05/2011

What can she, or any candidate, say at this point?

[Lawyer13]

06:05 AM on 11/06/2011

Perhaps telling the whole truth might be a good place to start.

[william95]

03:49 PM on 11/05/2011

She's now hoping for VP. Someone needs to let her know that hail mary was tried last time. It proved to be a dud.

[Trepasky]

03:45 PM on 11/05/2011

Really not much different than the other TP/GOP candidates who want the poor and elderly to pay more taxes while giving the wealthy and corporations bigger tax cuts.

[Lawyer13]

06:07 AM on 11/06/2011

F & F. You are so right in what you say why the American can not see it is beyond me, I'm English by the way and I'm not a Socialist in case anyone thinks I am.

[Trepasky]

08:12 AM on 11/06/2011

thanks, seems ideology can be blinding

[TommyMcCarthy]

03:33 PM on 11/05/2011

MODERATORS: Comment pending aproval for many hours.......help please?

[scooter1]

02:56 PM on 11/05/2011

She wants the Herminator.

[caution08]

03:48 PM on 11/05/2011

the hermanator wants her.

[voodoo8]

02:57 PM on 11/05/2011

there would not be "any surprises" with her.

Yes,

the inevitable revelation of your husband's man-lust will be a surprise to no one.

[AFRescue143]

02:54 PM on 11/05/2011

I believe that every single GOP Donor who gave to Sarah Palin, Newt, Trump and Michelle should demand their money back, since it is obvious they were cheated. NONE of these people were really running to be President of the USA, they were actually just running a scam to separate people from their hard earned money.

Even as a Democrat, I believe the GOP Voters deserve MUCH better than this.

[sammi 56]

04:03 PM on 11/05/2011

Then I would say they are going to have to think and not get influenced by flashes in the pan. there is a price to pay for everything. They can pay it -I don't want to.

[dairykween]

02:42 PM on 11/05/2011

Oh wow, now you have nothing to say? You said quite a lot when this story first broke and now nothing? Marcus must've had a "talk" with you and you submitted to him like the good little wife that you are.

[Twelve]

02:00 PM on 11/05/2011

Isn't she about out of money? Their must be a few fools out there still sending her cash. What a narcissistic woman. She is complete toast and doesn't even realize it.

[jfbuf]

01:41 PM on 11/05/2011

there won't be any surprises with Michelle because we already know she's married to a gay guy