Martin Bashir Implicates Bachmann in Group’s Pledge: Does She Support a ‘Return to the Days of Slavery?’
MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Monday wondered if Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum support ” a return to the days of slavery ” after the two GOP hopefuls signed a pledge on upholding traditional marriage. Teasing a segment on the topic, the cable anchor mused, ” Next, the problem with promises. Did two Republican hopefuls really sign a pledge suggesting a return to the days of slavery? ” Bashir covered the language in a “marriage vow” put together by the Family Leader, a conservative social group in Iowa. In their pledge, the organization suggested, “a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA's first African-American President.” Now, regardless of the historical inaccuracies in the pledge (most slave families weren't allowed to stay together), it's disingenuous at best to suggest Bachmann and Santorum would sit down and sign a pledge advocating for slavery to return.
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