I'm Carrie Lucking, Communications Director for Tarryl Clark's campaign for Congress. Before I started working for Tarryl Clark, I was a proud, passionate, and effective high school teacher.
As you read this, Michele Bachmann is spending $80,000 on radio ads equating hard-working teachers to money launderers. In the ads, she calls the recently passed state aid bill that puts nearly 3,000 teachers back to work in Minnesota classrooms an "outlandish spending bill to pay off (Nancy Pelosi's) political friends just before the upcoming election" and says that teachers "in turn will work to reelect her liberal majority" which she calls "outrageous!"
I am outraged that Bachmann accused teachers of being "money launderers" on FOX news and on the airwaves across Minnesota - and so are my colleagues. See for yourself in our latest video:
Michele Bachmann clearly missed some important lessons from her teachers - like don't call people names, and always tell the truth. Even local independent fact-checkers at Minnesota Public Radio and WCCO TV say Bachmann's radio ad is "not the whole story," "misleading," and "false."
I extended a leave from a job that I love - teaching - to be a part of taking back the 6th District for our communities and children. One of the most important rules in my classroom was to respect and treat others how you would like to be treated. With your help we are going to teach Michele Bachmann that lesson in November.