Michele Bachmann Busted By PolitiFact On Claim About PolitiFact (VIDEO)

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich engaged in a heated exchange on the issue of Gingrich's consulting work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac, with the congresswoman accusing him during Thursday night's presidential debate of using his influence with congressional Republicans to help the companies that were paying him after he left office.

Gingrich denied the accusation, essentially accusing Bachmann of lying. "The easy answer is that is just not true," he replied. "What she just said is factually not true."

"Well, after the debates that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true," responded Bachmann.

That statement isn't true. In fact, in its most recent piece on Bachmann -- about her accusation in the last debate that Mitt Romney "put into place socialized medicine" -- PolitiFact rated her claim "Pants on Fire."

"For the record, we did not say that everything Michele Bachmann said at last week's debate was true," PolitiFact quickly tweeted on Thursday.

The Bachmann campaign sent reporters a press release titled "Newt Gingrich's 'Non-Lobbying' Influence Peddling" shortly after she made her remarks, but it notably did not send out anything to back up her PolitiFact statement.

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Comments

[vonric]

06:15 PM on 12/18/2011

these debates are taking on the quality of a grade school play-yard, with outrageous claims and outrageous charges. They stopped having any anchor to reality some time ago..... truly unhinged.

[gts31bumbee]

02:12 PM on 12/18/2011

If lying produces a lot of hot air, this would explain why most of the current crop of GOP candidates are airheads ! Michele is definitely in this group.

[cali4856]

01:13 PM on 12/18/2011

I certainly didn't need Politifact to tell me that this woman is full of it! Just listen to her for about 2 minutes, nothing she says is factual, it is all nonsense. What is wrong with the people of Minnesota?

[Dee Sexton]

05:16 PM on 12/18/2011

Who needs 2 minuts

[WhoCares1954]

08:52 PM on 12/18/2011

Hey they voted for Jesse Ventura for governor too so nothing insane from there surprises me

[kokobell616]

01:06 PM on 12/18/2011

I have wondered at times what it would be like living solely in my head. What kind of Utopian world will I create? I will summon facts as I see fit. Facts that suit my imagined realities to sustain my interwoven capabilities.

MB world

[Dee Sexton]

12:37 PM on 12/18/2011

I wonder if the people she represents will be stupid enough to vote for again

[gts31bumbee]

02:13 PM on 12/18/2011

I truly hope not !

[Assumed Name]

11:05 AM on 12/18/2011

I shall only cheer when "One-l-Michele" actually says something accurate (or truthful, or kind, or reasonable). (...and I am NOT holding my breath.)

[Mort Adela]

08:29 AM on 12/18/2011

In the Bizarro World, everything is backwards. People say goodbye when they arrive and hello when they leave. Bad is good and lies are truth. She would make an excellent leader in the Bizarro World.

[onnozol]

11:06 AM on 12/18/2011

Riots in the streets, dogs living with cats. Its mass hysteria!

[renagade112]

10:08 PM on 12/17/2011

A perfect example of these politicians not keeping in tune with the media in which they exploit. In the information age... in this world dominated by computers... the correct / accurate information can be drawn with a few computer key strokes. These politicians in particular seem to not be in tune with this. Not in tune... out of touch.

[Tokie]

02:41 PM on 12/17/2011

Bachmann got elected to her present seat by using lies and innuendo without any truth at all. Just because she claims that god is on side doesn't mean that she needs to tell the truth. I find that her version of the truth flies in face of accuracy every time.

[drlouise]

09:56 AM on 12/17/2011

Just heard that 62% of her 52 comments checked out by Politifact are pants on fire or false. Mostly pants on fire. You'd think she'd be getting uncomfortable with such hot pants!

[cameron d]

01:01 PM on 12/17/2011

It's funny, I was just on the site checking out who was the most truthful and out of all the GOP nominees and President Obama it turns out that she was the most dishonest and President Obama was the most honest.

Who would have saw that coming?

[candcje]

01:38 PM on 12/17/2011

pretty much all of obama's supporters would expect nothing less of him. He is a politician and will spin things to suit his agenda - that is the game, after all - but, he has a lot more integrity than just about anyone on the right. It's no surprise that he's the most honest one out there. He's had some major accomplishments, even if the main stream media doesn't deem it worthy of pointing out and the far right Faux news finds it necessary to blatantly lie about it. Obama doesn't need to lie or exaggerate to prove his point or his capabilities in office. He just has to show you what he's actually done and his dozens of accomplishments will speak for themselves.

happy holidays!

[yellowdogmb]

05:03 PM on 12/17/2011

Actually I think a lot of people would have seen that coming. When has the GOP actually told the people their real desires about running this country. Oh I forgot "W" said: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."

[madame48]

03:03 PM on 12/17/2011

She's getting ready for the pearly gates, when she gets a down ride for being such an uncompassionate person...get the Aloe Marcus

[Frank-Landfield]

09:15 AM on 12/17/2011

Again?!
:-)

[thomasdep]

10:11 AM on 12/17/2011

Yeah nobody cares I guess and this is further proof that watching FOXY is actully helping the terrorists and China. Keep it up, keep watching FOXY while CHinese kids have more brainpower than the whole USA.

[cloudmaker]

08:53 AM on 12/17/2011

How can this clownette keep stating she is a serious candidate than make one gaffe after another?

[thomasdep]

10:13 AM on 12/17/2011

Because no one will call her out on her lies. Thus the dumbing down of America that the republicans are so counting on....nice going guys! Why are you there?

[jamaicalover]

02:18 PM on 12/17/2011

"clownette" hilarious.

[billbb]

03:48 AM on 12/17/2011

Now she lies about her lying. Is the next level lying about the lies that you lied about?

[thomasdep]

10:13 AM on 12/17/2011

Its mind boggling how dumb these republicans are in'it?

[sunshineejc]

11:13 PM on 12/16/2011

Michele makes it up as she goes along!

[billbb]

03:45 AM on 12/17/2011

And she has more pants-on-fire ratings than Palin - which takes serious lack of effort!

[LDnearthesea]

10:07 AM on 12/17/2011

"Liar liar, with your pants on fire, White spades hanging from the telephone wire. If you want to see some madness, you've got to get in line. You might recognize yourself on Heartattack and Vine."
Tom Waits

[stacknef]

11:10 PM on 12/16/2011

In Bachmannworld, black is white, up is down, happy is sad.

[thomasdep]

10:15 AM on 12/17/2011

straight is gay too...

[DocTonyNYC]

10:14 PM on 12/17/2011

Actually, with her husband, it's the other way around. R