Candidate Mike Obermueller Calls Michele Bachmann Comments "Nonsense"
Obermueller is campaigning to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. John Kline, who has declined to join others in his party condemning Bachmann for her comments.
Candidate for Congress Mike Obermueller released a following statement regarding U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s comments regarding Huma Abedin:
“Michele Bachmann’s baseless personal attacks on Huma Abedin and Congressman Keith Ellison are exactly the kind of nonsense that people hate about Washington—too much time spent on political dramatics and not nearly enough time getting things done,” said Obermueller, who is running for in the 2nd Congressional District. “Today I stand with the chorus of Democratic and Republican voices that have called these McCarthy-like comments ‘dangerous’ and ‘damaging to our country.’ Washington needs leaders who focus on strengthening the middle class—not ones that engage in these damaging types of political games."
Earlier this week Bachmann accused State Department aide Huma Abedin of loyalties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Elected officials who have condemned Bachmann’s comments include Speaker John Boehner, Senator John McCain, and Senator Lindsey Graham, along with former Bachmann campaign manager Ed Rollins.
Obermueller is a former state legislator running against U.S. Rep. John Kline, a Republican.
Kline has not joined in GOP condemnation of Bachmann for accusing a State Department official of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to a report by the Star Tribune.
"He doesn't comment on other people's comments," campaign spokesman Troy Young told the Star Tribune.
Jerry Baustian
3:05 pm on Saturday, July 21, 2012
Michele Bachmann actually has a point. When the FBI does a background check, they typically look at a person's closest relatives; and if those relatives are members of an organization with ties to terrorism, then warning bells go off.
The Muslim Brotherhood may not be on the US government's official list of terrorist organizations; but of the 150+ Muslims indicted in the US for terrorist activities since 2001, more than one-fourth had an association with the Muslim Brotherhood. Most were converts to Islam because of the MB.
It may be politically correct to say that Muslims in America are all loyal and law-abiding; but it would not be true.
As for Huma Abedin, whose mother and brother have been involved in Islamist activities, it is not far-fetched to see a comparison with Alger Hiss. He was also politically favored, before it was learned that he was in the pay of the Soviet Union. Joe McCarthy was one of those who accused Hiss, and McCarthy was right.
Jerry Baustian
3:32 pm on Saturday, July 21, 2012
Here is a link to Bachmann's letter to Congressman Ellison.
http://bachmann.house.gov/uploadedfiles/letter_to_rep._ellison.pdf