WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John McCain ripped Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann on Wednesday for suggesting an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is working with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Bachmann and a group of four conservative House Republicans sent a letter in June to the inspector general of the State Department urging an investigation into Huma Abedin's connections to the Islamist political organization, alleging she shouldn't have been given security clearance because of former business dealings involving her late father, citing a study by the Center for Security Policy.
Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, a Muslim, told Anderson Cooper Tuesday the evidence is "repeated false allegations, just regurgitated nonsense."
In a blistering Wednesday speech on the Senate floor, McCain, a Republican, didn't mention Bachmann by name, but called her accusations "attacks" and said they "have no logic, no basis and no merit. And they need to stop now."
"To say that the accusations made in both documents are not substantiated by the evidence they offer is to be overly polite and diplomatic about it," he said. "It is far better, and more accurate, to talk straight: These allegations about Huma Abedin, and the report from which they are drawn, are nothing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable citizen, a dedicated American and a loyal public servant."
McCain rips Bachmann's Muslim Brotherhood accusations | MinnPost
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