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The aide who helped turn Rep. Michele Bachmann into a controversial mainstay of cable news has informed colleagues that she’s quitting — just as the firebrand Republican congresswoman prepares for her biggest media moment yet.
Multiple sources have confirmed that Michelle Marston, a veteran Hill aide, is leaving Bachmann’s office.
In an e-mail exchange with POLITICO, Marston
declined to say why she’s going.
“I’m just not talking about it, and frankly I don’t think there’s a story here,” Marston wrote.
“Now, the thousands of people calling our office to tell us they’re coming to Capitol Hill tomorrow —
that’s a story.”
A conservative Republican House member, speaking on
the condition of anonymity, suggested that Bachmann’s views — and her willingness to state them —
make it hard for her to keep staff.
“When your captain’s crazy, it’s time to find a new ship,” the lawmaker said.