PRESS RELEASE from Bachmann for President
For Immediate
Release
November 15, 2011
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Contact:
Alice Stewart
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Conservative
State
Senator
Lee Bright to Serve as Bachmann State
Chairman
Representative Bill Chumley Also
Joins Team Bachmann in the Upstate
Spartanburg, SC - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann
announced today State Senator Lee Bright will serve as the
state chairman for her presidential campaign and Representative Bill
Chumley will help Team Bachmann efforts in the Upstate.
"I'm
excited to have Lee and Bill on our team in the all important
first-in-the-south state of South Carolina," Bachmann
said. "The three of us
share views on the important issues of life, family, fiscal
responsibility, and are committed to putting South Carolinians back to
work."
Senator Bright is known as being one of the strongest social and fiscal
conservative leaders in the state, often filibustering entire budgets
to decrease spending and to stop taxpayer-funded abortions.
"Michele Bachmann
is the candidate who doesn't just give lip service to
conservative principles but actively lives them out every day. She is
the conservative who has been consistent in her record and her
rhetoric,"
Sen. Bright said.
Senator Bright was elected to the state senate in 2008 and currently
serves Senate District 12, which consists of
Spartanburg County. Representative Chumley was elected in 2010 and
portions of the Spartanburg area.
Representative Bill Chumley has
joined the Bachmann team and will be helping to lead the
Congresswoman's presidential efforts in the conservative upstate of
South Carolina.
"We've seen what kind of damage can be done when we have a president
who promises change without the record to back those promises up. It's
time for a president in the White House who is a consistent
conservative. Michele Bachmann is the most conservative candidate in
the race and her
record proves it," Rep. Chumley said.
When looking at all the Republican candidates running for president,
both Senator Bright and
Representative Chumley believe the Congresswoman is the only one that
stands out.
"We've heard a lot of candidates say they are
pro-life and say that they are conservative, but their flip-flops on
abortion legislation or support for massive bank bailouts show
otherwise,"
Sen. Bright continued. "This weekend Michele Bachmann
also proved that she is best candidate to handle issues of national
security and foreign
affairs. While some candidates showed they were completely unprepared
to be commander in chief of our armed forces, the Congresswoman offered
answers
and solutions that will keep our nation strong."
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