Michele Bachmann just can’t turn down an opportunity to attack a Democratic politician — even if the “opportunity” is a lie. During an interview with right-wing talk radio host Lee Rodgers, Bachmann declared that the “Flying Imams” — six Muslim men who were removed from an airplane at the Minneapolis airport in 2006 — had been in Minnesota for the victory party of Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress.
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