Bachmann: Sanders 'Pulled All The Air Out Of His Campaign' Taking Up For Clinton On Benghazi

There are so many things wrong with this segment from this Monday's Hardball on MSNBC, it's hard to know where to begin, but I guess we could start with the fact that anyone is bringing Michele Bachmann, who is nuts, on the air to weigh in on the Republican debates or the Democratic presidential race in the first place.

After asking Bachmann what she thought of Hillary Clinton accusing Bernie Sanders of being sexist for saying that she was "shouting" about gun control, Bachmann basically proclaimed the Sanders campaign dead following the first Democratic debate because Sanders told the audience that "the American people are sick and tired of hearing about the damn emails."

BACHMANN: Everyone knows at this point she will in all likelihood be the be the nominee of the Democrat party. It's just a slam dunk and actually it's because of Bernie Sanders. He gave her the get out of jail free card in the last debate when he took Benghazi off the table, the emails off the table. He said it doesn't make any difference to me and you had a smile from ear to ear on Hillary's face and she saw right then and there she was the nominee.

MATTHEWS: I have never seen that done before, just give it away. I mean, it wasn't his issue, but why did he reach out and pull it away?

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