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(Was formerly a member of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]])<REFref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/michele-bachmann-leaves-church-gets-catholic-support-52384/ Bachmann leaves church] Anugrah Kumar, <i>''The Christian Post</i>'', 27 July 2011</REFref>

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'''Michele M. Bachmann''', born April 6, 1956 (age {{age|1956|04|06}}), is a [[conservative]] and the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] woman to be elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Minnesota]]. She represents represented the 6th District of Minnesota. Undefeated as a four-term conservative [[congress]]woman from a predominantly liberal state, Bachman announced that she would not run for reelection in 2014.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/29/bachmann/2368527/</ref>

A [[movement conservative]], Michele Bachmann defeated a massive attempt by [[liberals]] to unseat her in 2008 and 2010. Prior to her election to [[Congress]], she served in the Minnesota state [[legislature]] since first being elected there in 2000 as a check against the leftists then encroaching on Minnesota's freedoms.

Bachmann is [[pro-life]], [[pro-gun]],<REF>[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2008/10/bachmann_gets_n.shtml Bachmann gets new campaign manager, NRA endorsement] MN. Public Radio, OCTOBER 3, 2008</REF> pro-religion and holds many other core conservative values. She is widely considered one of the most important politicians in the fight against [[evolution]]. A search for her on [[Google]] turns up five positive sites for every 100 nasty liberal smear sites, like the [[Huffington Post]]. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has now had officially put the outspoken Minnesota Republican in their sights with the bachmannwatch website. She has been heavily influenced by Francis ShaefferIn early 2013, the FBI and is congressional ethics investigators interviewed former Bachmann campaign workers regarding allegations of improper campaign expenditures.<ref name=wp/> Despite a heavily Republican district, Bachmann narrowly won re-election in 2012, receiving just 4,298 more votes than her DFL challenger [[Jim Graves]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Diaz|first=Kevin|title=Close call for Bachmann|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/177789861.html?refer=y|newspaper=Star Tribune|date=November 8, 2012}}</ref> On May 29, 2013, Bachmann announced that she would not afraid seek reelection to defend her conservative Christian moral convictions against even the most desperate attacks by liberalsCongress in 2014.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=For Bachmann, a shift to the GOP sideline|first=Paul|last=Kane|page=A1|work=Washington Post|date=May 30, 2013}}</ref>

== 2012 Presidential candidate==Michele Bachmann became one of the nation's first female presidential candidate from the GOP. Her campaign showed promise with a win in the [[LiberalIowa]] Criticisms ==straw poll 2011, however the [[Iowa caucus]] in 2012 would turn out much different. Her campaign expected more from Iowans but she finished near the bottom. After the less-than-favorable showing she decided to formally suspend her campaign. She was lampooned as a non-intellectual, a target for [[Mainstream media|pathetic journalism]] to smear.<ref>The Jimmy Fallon Talk Show incident, Chris Wallace interview to name a few</ref> In addition, the MSM went after her husband Marcus. They mock his demeanor as woman-like.<ref>Marcus Bachmann was trending on [[Twitter]] January 3rd, 2012</ref>

==[[Liberal]] reaction to Bachmann==Liberals have been hysterical about some of the candid observations of Congresswoman Bachmann. She was targeted for comments made seeking an investigation into the [[Obama]]-[[William Ayers|Ayers]] connection, the "tolerant" liberal establishment even compared her to the Nazis.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/10/21/hardball-gone-mad-congresswoman-compared-nazi-insisting-media-cover-obam Hardball Gone Mad: Congresswoman Compared to Nazi for Insisting Media Cover Obama-Ayers Connection], Tim Graham, ''Newsbusters'', October 21, 2008</ref> She deserves many compliments for her insight and courage. Congresswoman Rep. Bachmann "has shown an uncanny knack for infuriating critics with sometimes off-the-wall behavior and comments, all the while advancing her own political career." <ref>[httphttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/19/pub-michele-bachmann/ Outspoken But Not Outmaneuvered, Rep. Bachmann Manages Her Candor], Judson Berger, ''Fox News.com'', March 27, 2009</ref> Liberals have been so brainwashed into thinking she's doesn't know anything that they'll even believe fake quotes<ref>http://www.antimm.com/one-liberals-slant-on-politics-posts-fake-quote-from-michelle-bachmann/</ref>

Bachmann's husband has also been the target of The liberal smears by liberals, many are part of whom disapprove of his a familiar pattern whereby they work overtime to help misguided gay teenstry to discredit conservative women or minorities. Some liberal celebrities such as Dan Savage The reason is obvious: conservative women and Jon Stewart have even gone so far as to insist minorities disprove the falsehood that Marcus is himself a homosexual <ref>http://www.mrc.org/cmi/articles/2011/Lefty_Hypocrites_Level_Gay_Slurs_liberals are better for them.html</ref>

== See Liberals have also ==[[United States Presidential Electiontried to smear Michele Bachmann for her work as a tax attorney for the IRS. As usual, 2012]][[FileCongresswoman Bachmann rose above the liberal smears when she told a crowd "I went to work into that system because the first rule of war is 'know your enemy.'"<ref>http:Bachmann3//sayanythingblog.com/entry/michele-bachmann-i-worked-for-the-irs-so-i-could-take-down-the-irs/</ref> Their newest line of attack is trying to demonize her opposition to government mandated vaccinations when abstinence is the truest prevention of HPV infection.jpg|left|150px]]

The liberal Super-PAC CREDO has even started to target her for her mid-term election in 2014. It claims it will spend at least $500,000 to boot Bachmann out of office.<ref>https://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/credo-super-pac-2014-target-michele-bachmann</ref>  Bachmann's husband has also been the target of smears by liberals, many of whom disapprove of his work to help misguided gay teens. == Positions and Views==Bachmann is [[pro-life]], [[pro-gun]],<ref>[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2008/10/bachmann_gets_n.shtml Bachmann gets new campaign manager, NRA endorsement] MN. Public Radio, OCTOBER 3, 2008</ref> pro-religion and holds many other core conservative values. She is widely considered one of the most important politicians in the fight against [[evolution]]. She has been heavily influenced by Francis Shaeffer, and is not afraid to defend her conservative Christian moral convictions against even the most desperate attacks by liberals. Bachmann believes that HPV vaccine can cause mental retardation.<ref>https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/16/michele-bachmann/bachmann-hpv-vaccine-cause-mental-retardation/</ref> ==Quotes== "ISIS killed 21 Christians because of their faith. Yet White House statement simply called them 'Egyptian citizens.'" (February 16, 2015) "The President is now spending $3 billion on Obamacare that Congress never authorized!!" (February 28, 2015) "Hillary knew IMMEDIATELY that Benghazi was a terror attack." (February 28, 2015) "'If you wage Jihad on American soil, you are signing your death warrant' that was awesome, [[Ted Cruz|Cruz]]! Total grand slam." (August 6, 2015) "Muslim countries don't want Muslim immigrants due to terrorism risk. Tell me again, why do we take them?" (September 6, 2015) "[[Huma Aberdin|Huma]]'s parents, members of Muslim Brotherhood, wrote world's largest pro Islamic law publication." (December 8, 2015) "[[Donald Trump|Trump]] brilliant to say the police are the most mistreated people in the country." (January 14, 2016) "We don't need an invading Muslim army, especially one with people who think raping non-Muslim women is sport." (January 21, 2016) "[[Hillary Clinton|Hillary]] is guilty and should be in jail. What more is there to say?" (January 29, 2016) "Obama/Hillary exchanged emails. The White House knew of Clinton's private unsecured server." (January 30, 2016) ==See also==*[[United States Presidential Election, 2012]] == References ==

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