Protesters disrupt Michele Bachmann's speech on Yorktown

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC (AP/WCSC) - Protesters interrupted a foreign policy speech by Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann in Mount Pleasant.

Bachmann was delivering the speech Thursday on the deck of the mothballed aircraft carrier USS Yorktown when the protesters stood up and began shouting, "Mike check!"

They told her she was more concerned with dividing Americans than helping them. They chanted for about three minutes while the Minnesota congresswoman left the stage.

The protesters eventually walked off the ship after she left.

Bachmann later returned and continued her speech. She pledged to cut defense spending if necessary if elected, and said she will make sure the nation is protected.

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