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NEW YORK — A Democratic congresswoman says NBC should apologize for its “insulting and inappropriate” treatment of Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann when she appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night talk show.
As Bachmann was introduced early Tuesday, house band The Roots played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song called “Lyin’ A– B—-.”
Rep. Nita Lowey of New York said Bachmann “deserves to be treated with respect.”
“No female politician — and no woman — should be subjected to sexist and offensive innuendo like she was,” Lowey said.
NBC has not commented on The Roots’ song choice. The Roots’ bandleader, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, said later Tuesday that the song was a “tongue-in-cheek and spur-of-the-moment decision.”
