(AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann told a crowd of Christian activists that problems with the poor won't be solved by the government paying more money to take care of them.
Bachmann recalled Tuesday that she grew up after her parents were divorced and her mother refused to take public assistance but did get help from others in their community.
Bachmann emphasized she wasn't criticizing people who need public assistance in her remarks delivered a block from a homeless shelter.
Bachmann also appears to be the first presidential candidate of this primary season to spend a night at the Governor's Mansion as she courts key support from Republican Gov. Nikki Haley. The governor's endorsement would be a huge break in South Carolina's first-in-the-South presidential primary.
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