I hate to be a stickler for reality, but when the Declaration of Independence was signed, John Quincy Adams was a nine-year-old boy. To say he was ‘actively involved’ in the Revolutionary War era is awfully silly. Wouldn’t Bachmann be better off simply acknowledging she misspoke?
— Steve Benen, writing in the Washington Monthly about Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) refusal to concede to ABC News that she made a mistake calling John Quincy Adams a “Founding Father” of the United States. Instead, she insisted she was right and claimed the future American president was a “young boy but he was actively involved” in the American Revolution.
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