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BOISE, IDAHO (AP) _ U.S. House hopeful Raul Labrador further
Aligned himself with the tea party movement during a swing through Washington, D.C. by calling the Minnesota representative who leads the new tea party caucus in congress a ``visionary.''
Labrador, a Republican state lawmaker facing Democratic U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick in November, said Rep. Michelle Bachmann is leading America away from the brink of financial ruin.
On Wednesday, Labrador filled in for Bachmann at a so-called``Fire Pelosi'' event aimed at unseating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after this fall's elections.
Labrador has also spoken at tea party rallies in Boise and was the darling of right-leaning delegates at June’s Idaho state Republican convention.
There, they passed measures praising gold and silver and urging repeal of direct elections of U.S. Senators, two big tea party issues.
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