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2012 Presidential Candidates: Michele Bachmann

Campaign Suspended January 4

Official Campaign Website

Phone: (651) 731-5400

 

Michele Bachmann is the first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress. She was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination, but suspended her campaign in January 2012. She advocates tax reform, banning same-sex marriage, teaching creationism alongside evolution in classrooms, and pursuing renewable and domestic energy. She says she is a strong supporter of Israel and that by pursuing U.N. recognition, Palestine is undermining the peace process. Although she has been accused of Islamophobia, Bachmann has denied this fact multiple times.

On the Campaign Trail...

Arab Spring | Civil Liberties | Immigration | Iran | Islamophobia | Israel/Palestine | War On Terror |

December 15, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“[Obama] is choosing intentionally to lose the peace.”

Tagged as Iraq, Michele Bachmann

December 15, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“Without a shadow of a doubt…[Iran] will take a nuclear weapon.”

Tagged as Iran, Israel/Palestine, Michele Bachmann

December 10, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“That’s how the Palestinians teach their children to hate the Jews.”

Tagged as Israel/Palestine, Michele Bachmann

November 23, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“If [Iran] has a nuclear weapon [it] will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth

Tagged as Iran, Michele Bachmann, War on Terror

November 22, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“We don’t give Miranda warnings to terrorists”

Tagged as Civil Liberties, Michele Bachmann, War on Terror

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Official Statements


“Instead, we have a President who devalues the special relationship with our most trusted ally, Britain, even as he bows to kings, bends to dictators, bumbles with reset buttons, and babies radical Islamists. We have a President who tells our true friend, Israel, that it must surrender its right to defensible borders to appease forces that have never recognized that nation’s right to exist.”

"I will devote the resources necessary to maintain our fighting forces as second-to-none, while being judicious in the use of our power. I will ensure our borders are fully secured. And I will not rest until the war on terror is won."



Key Advisors


Frank Gaffney:

Described by the Center for American Progress as “one of the leading lights of the islamophobia network”



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