Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.
Michele Bachmann can’t pronounce “chutzpah”
The Minnesota Repuplican discusses "choot-spa" in a Fox News appearance
FILE - Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks in Charleston, S.C., in this photo taken June 29, 2011. Facing a Thursday deadline to report quarterly fundraising, Republican presidential hopefuls make final-hour pitches for contributions that will be an early measurement of their campaign's strength _ or potential weakness. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to report the largest haul.(AP Photo/Alice Keeney)(Credit: AP) Michele Bachmann has long positioned herself as a staunch supporter of Israel and the pro-Israel lobby. Despite this, Bachmann has not brushed up on her Yiddish. On Fox News last night, the Minnesota Republican pronounced the word “chutzpah” — Yiddish for “audacity” — as “choot-spa” (something she was accusing Obama of having).
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