Bachmann Pulls Out of Tea Party Convention

CQ Politics

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) "has become the latest high-profile conservative to bag the rapidly unraveling Tea Party Convention in Nashville next week," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

"Bachmann's office cited the same concerns that other Tea Party activists have voiced about the first-of-its-kind national gathering: namely, the for-profit model of organizer Judson Phillips, a self-described 'small town lawyer' with a history of financial problems."

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