Stephanopoulos: But that’s not what you said. You said that the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery.
Bachmann: Well if you look at one of our Founding Fathers, John Quincy Adams, that’s absolutely true. He was a very young boy when he was with his father serving essentially as his father’s secretary. He tirelessly worked throughout his life to make sure that we did in fact one day eradicate slavery…. (from ABC News)
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was the sixth President of the United States. He was by no means a "founding father." I realize lots of people are not as well versed as we'd like regarding history, but they usually know that they're not equipped to ponitificate about history.
Apparently, Ms. Bachmann hasn't paid enough attention to The Animaniacs:
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