Michele Bachmann Met With Opposition While Speaking To Students At Drake University

After speaking about her conservative views, Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) was drilled by students at Drake University during a campaign stop on Thursday.

Bachmann -- who typically receives a warmer reception in Iowa -- hoped to convince the packed room of students that the government has no choice but to make dramatic spending cuts, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Bachmann was met by a crowd littered with Obama supporters ready to quiz the Minnesota representative on her conservative beliefs.

After speaking to students about entitlement programs and touting her desire to tap into energy resources currently limited by the Department of Energy, Bachmann entered a heated exchange over her opposition to health care reform.

When a student asked if Bachmann wanted to "screw the sick and homeless," she fired back at the student, telling him he "could not be further from the truth."

"You're looking at someone who lived below poverty. Have you ever lived at that?" Bachmann said. "I have. I know what it's like, and I know what I had to do. I got a job. That's what you need to do. You need to figure out how to get a job and make your way."

After the event, Bachmann posed for photos with students, including several who wore shirts protesting Bachmann's views on gay marriage and showing support for her GOP rival Ron Paul.

CORRECTION: This story has been edited to remove a quote incorrectly attributed to Bachmann.

 

 

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[hikingmnts06]

12:55 PM on 11/22/2011

Ah, Michelle Bachmann, I have a job...two of them, in fact. Two of them to help pay my way through life after a bachelor's degree in education. Winning!

[Merciful Wrath]

05:25 PM on 11/23/2011

bi-winning!

[AndyB62]

11:16 AM on 11/22/2011

Bachman vs. College Students. She should stick to pre-schoolers.

[lacrosselamore]

02:43 PM on 11/22/2011

Or Tea Baggers who have the IQ of pre-schoolers.

[Merciful Wrath]

05:26 PM on 11/23/2011

Tea Bagger? You mean Tea Party? Seems like a childish act to name it such.

[ResearchGirl]

08:51 AM on 11/22/2011

They shouldn't have asked her all those GOTCHA! questions, like how, exactly, restricting abortion rights creates jobs, or how she "got by" on Federal farm subsidies.

[mikehart]

08:38 AM on 11/22/2011

Hey Michelle, you call what you do a Job???? A Homeless person does more than you
and doesn't get paid?

[Pete Marriott]

02:01 AM on 11/22/2011

I just read that Michele Bachmann appeared on tonight's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The Roots played this song as her walk-out song. http://youtu.be/1OuiuolN1r4

[fenderbender1]

11:37 AM on 11/22/2011

Thanx 4 that Pete--------- As Carson would say "funny schtuff"

[Cthulhu On Call]

02:01 AM on 11/22/2011

She told the students that the country's "broke", yet another lie. She just can't help herself.

[Merciful Wrath]

05:28 PM on 11/23/2011

broke as in has no money? Not far from a lie there. When you spend more than you have and currently have a huge debt, yeah that is pretty broke. May some deity save us if we need to invest in something new or if there is a catastrophe.

[Cthulhu On Call]

08:49 PM on 11/23/2011

The United States' Gross Domestic Product for 2010 was over $14 trillion. Stop watching Fox News so much, it'll rot your brain.

[Cthulhu On Call]

01:56 AM on 11/22/2011

Bachmann's such a pathological liar that I don't even believe her claim that she "lived below poverty".

[Samiiam]

01:16 AM on 11/22/2011

This new style makes her look very good.

[bmike]

10:21 AM on 11/22/2011

Church crowd turned her down so she abandon conservative look for the hot girl look. Not good to try to trick the Church crowd but since it usually works she had to try it. If she had shown the sexy look first many of us would not have heard a word she has said.

[KOisGod]

12:18 AM on 11/22/2011

Ms. Bachmann has not, in all her years in the congress, sponsored ONE bill, not one.

So what exactly has she done at her "job"?

[AndyB62]

11:18 AM on 11/22/2011

Criticized democrats who do sponsor bills.

[Eileenla]

11:33 PM on 11/21/2011

That's the Republcan "snide" answer to everything people challenge about the system... "get a job." well guess what? Lots of folks who have jobs (or once had good jobs) still find plenty to fault in the system. Get over the snarky attitude and listen to the constituents. You might find there's some truthin what people are saying.

[Buhe]

10:23 PM on 11/21/2011

They already have a preview of her bio comic out from Blue Water Comics and it also shows nothing about her ever living below poverty levels. At first it makes her look good with the 5 pages that they show you, but I'm sure she'll start getting ugly after that because of facts.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=10559

[PuSencer]

10:19 PM on 11/21/2011

hehe, schooled at a university... for the first time

[dgrown]

09:40 PM on 11/21/2011

Please Ms Bachman you went to the Government and got foster children to supplement your family income so don't tell us about the government. You have been on the dole over twenty some years and still counting plus seeking a higher government job. Time the hypocrisy stopped.