Bachmann and Retardation comment

Bachmann and Retardation comment, Michele Bachmann already had a great line of attack to steal back Rick Perry's Tea Party support -- that the Texas governor's order mandating vaccinations for human papillomavirus in public schools was a violation of parental consent and general liberty. Bachmann used the attack to get some of her old spark back at Monday night's Tea Party debate. But the congresswoman, basking in the debate afterglow, promptly went off the deep end by claiming that Perry's mandated vaccine was bad because it causes mental retardation. That's a widespread fear with no scientific backup.

During Monday's debate, Bachmann was forceful:

"I'm a mom. And I'm a mom of three children. And to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong. That should never be done. It's a violation of a liberty interest."

"Little girls who have a negative reaction to this potentially dangerous drug don't get a mulligan. They don't get a do-over. The parents don't get a do-over...."

"I'm offended for all the little girls and the parents that didn't have a choice. That's what I'm offended for."

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