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Has been repeated in heavy rotation over the past year and just about as often thoroughly debunked, but that does not stop them from saying it over and over and over again. last night she became only the most recent republican to say the made up 16,500 irs agents numbers. she probably will not be the last, but it will still never be true
Their hands. finally, our last true or false comes courtesy of congresswoman michele bachmann's own cnn-endorsed response to the state of the union. >> we bought a bureaucracy which now tells us which lightbulbs to buy and which may put 16,500 irs agents in charge of policing president obama's health care bill. >> will, as congresswoman bachmann claims -- sorry, i can't do it anymore. will, as congresswoman bachmann claims, will the irs be dispatching more than 16,000 agents to enforce compliance with health reform? no, it will not! the health reform law requires the irs mostly to hand out tax...
Camera? >> today the version that was supposed to go out to the tea party express finally went out. but the address still sounded like the one paul ryan gave with some particularly bad facts sprinkled in. >> instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which may put 16,500 irs agents in charge of policing president obama's health care bill. >> well, that's a bit of a fib, folks. fat check.org says the claim of 16,500 new agents stems from a partisan analysis based on guesswork, and false assumptions and compounded by overnight...
Suggestion that the song was intended as a coded insult is, quote, just flat wrong. but a lot of people have time on their hands. finally, our last true or false comes courtesy of congresswoman michele bachmann's own cnn-endorsed response to the state of the union. >> we bought a bureaucracy which now tells us which light bulbs to buy and which may put 16,500 irs agents in charge of policing president obama's health care bill. >> will, as congresswoman bachmann claims -- sorry, i can't do it anymore. will, as congresswoman bachmann claims, will the irs be dispatching more than 16,000 agents to...
>> today the version that was supposed to go out to the tea party express finally went out. but the address still sounded like the one paul ryan gave with some particularly bad facts sprinkled in. >> instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which may put 16,500 irs agents in charge of policing president obama's health care bill. >> well, that's a bit of a fib, folks. fat check.org says the claim of 16,500 new agents stems from a partisan analysis based on guesswork, and false assumptions and compounded by overnight misrepr...