As Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made the point on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that the national debt has increased dramatically under President Obama compared to under President Bush, host David Gregory interrupted and attempted to dismiss that fact: “Congresswoman, that just misstates the record….For accuracy, the debt exploded under the Bush administration.” [ Audio available here]
Bachmann tried to finish her point: “There’s no comparison. We’re talking-” But Gregory kept interrupting: “…the debt – wait a minute, Congresswoman.” Bachmann replied: “David, let me just finish.” Gregory claimed: “No, wait a minute. I just want to stop you for accuracy.”
In reality, Bachmann was making an accurate comparison, which she explained when Gregory finally allowed her to continue: “For accuracy. David, David, then, then let me finish. Do a comparison. I agree with you that there was too much money that was spent under George Bush. But for the year 2007, the debt for the year was $160 billion. The debt for this last year was about $1 1/2 trillion. That’s almost 10 times more in debt than George Bush.”
Gregory blamed his continual interruptions on the satellite delay: “Let me just point out, I don’t want to appear to be cutting you off. Sometimes the satellite delay can exacerbate that, so I wanted to make sure you could finish your point.”
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