House Rep. Michele Bachmann explains history. What could possibly go wrong?
Michele Bachmann: "We're gonna continue the chain of freedom that was purchased for us at a very heavy price. It was a heavy price that was paid at Lexington and Concord with that shot that was heard fired around the world. There was a heavy prices that for five Aprils of war to secure our freedom. There was a heavy price that was paid in the lead up to our country establishing itself, but the British came and attacked us again in the war of 1812. There was a heavy price that was paid to hold this country together in the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln just about lost his life just trying and help, trying to hold this country together and we were pulled apart at the seams. But we remain one nation under God, and the last act of President Abraham Lincoln when he was in office was to secure our national motto "In God We Trust" on a coin, his last act in Congress.
First of all, when talking about our founding fathers and freedom, ixnay the chain references. It reminds us of the slaves who didn't have freedom. That "chain of freedom" that was "purchased" had a slave on the end of it. Just saying.
But remember that time Lincoln just about lost his life. Yeah, good thing nothing bad happened to him.
And then the whopper, that Lincoln added our national motto "In God We Trust." to our coins as his last act in Congress. Remember that?
Once again, I demand smarter supervillians.
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The two-cent piece was the first American coin to bear the motto "In God We Trust." Until 1864 (emphasis mine), U.S. coinage and currency carried no reference to a supreme being, but in response to the strong religious fervor that developed as the Civil War dragged on, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase authorized the words, "In God We Trust," to be placed on the obverse of the two-cent piece.
democraticunderground.com
Yes, the phrase "In God We Trust" was added to America's coinage for the first time during Lincoln's Presidency, but the Secretary of the Treasury can act independently of the President when it comes to the designs that are placed on coins. It's not like the President has to sign off on it, and it certainly is not the case that Lincoln took this addition of "In God We Trust" before the Congress of 1864.
Another instance of re-writing history when you don't know what the hell you are talking about.
So, other than everything else, how did you like the play, Mr. Lincoln?
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