Wallace Asks Bachmann: 'Are You a Flake?' Apology Not Accepted

Calling her a "flake" would be "insulting," Rep. Michele Bachmann said Sunday when asked whether the "rap" on her in Washington is accurate.

The question on "Fox News Sunday" arose in response to Bachmann uttering a couple of remarks that some have suggested are "gaffes," including talking about anti-America members of Congress and suggesting that NATO airstrikes had killed up to 30,000 civilians.

"Well, I think that would be insulting, to say something like that, because I'm a serious person," Bachmann, R-Minn., said in response to the question, "Are you a flake?"

Bachmann said that she has been married 33 years, is a lawyer, has a post-doctorate degree in federal tax law, worked in the U.S. federal tax court, has five children, raised 23 foster children and opened a charter school for at-risk youth.

"I've also been a state senator and a member of United States Congress for five years. I've been very active in our business. As a job creator, I understand job creation. But also I've been leading actively the movement in Washington, D.C., with those who are affiliated with fiscal reform," Bachmann said. Read more at FoxNews.com.

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Via POLITICO's Jennifer Epstein, Michele Bachmann isn't accepting an apology from Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace for asking her yesterday, "Are you a flake?"

ABC News' Jon Karl, who's been getting face-time with Bachmann in Waterloo in advance of her formal campaign announcement, played a clip of the web video in which Wallace said, "I messed up. I'm sorry."

When Karl asked if she accepts the apology, Bachmann brushed aside the question this way: "I think that it's insulting to insinuate that a candidate for president is less than serious."

Trying the question again, Bachmann replied, "Those are the small issues. I'm focused on the big ones." Read more at Politico.com.

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Wallace Speaks Out About Flake Question