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Video: Tea Party rally to “kill” Health Care bill

Posted December 15th, 2009 under Headlines, Video Tags: health care reform, laura ingraham, michele bachmann, obama, tea party

Politico: Tea Partiers rally: ‘Kill the bill’

Clad in red and armed with Grinch dolls, grim reaper scarecrows, posters and their loud voices, several thousand tea party protesters rallied near the Capitol Tuesday to send a single message: “Kill the Bill.”

The crowd’s message and energy was only intensified by the encouragement of some of the nation’s best known conservatives, including Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) and radio personality Laura Ingraham.

“I’ve never seen so many attractive domestic terrorists in all my life!” Armey yelled at the adoring crowd. “It’s so nice to be here again together, isn’t it?…You mean you actually came to town on your own terms? To say what you wanted to say? And to be heard? Sounds pretty much like terrorists to me.”

The crowd was most excited, however, by an unscheduled appearance by Bachmann, who organized the most recent major tea party protest, a “House Call” on Washington Nov. 6.

“You came before, you came again, I guess they must be deaf. They can’t hear you!” Bachmann screamed over the cheers. “We’re not leaving until you understand that no means no. What part of no don’t you people understand?”