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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) compared the nation's tax code to a weapon of mass destruction during her speech at the Conservative Principles Conference in Des Moines on Saturday. She said the best way forward would be to blow it up and start from scratch.

"We make the tax code simpler by first abolishing it," Bachmann said, citing the code's complexity and her credentials as a tax lawyer. "Abolish what we have and from there we're gonna fly, I have no doubt."

The controversial founder of the Tea Party Caucus appeared with other GOP presidential hopefuls including Newt Gingrich at the event hosted by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), and she appeared to receive a warm ovation from the crowd.

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