Religion and Politics

Michele Bachmann Finds Plenty of Friends Back Home

Prominent Republican and Democratic congressional leaders criticized Michele Bachmann after the congresswoman suggested that two prominent Muslims working in the federal government might have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. But Bachmann still retains support back home in Minnesota, Politico’s Jake Sherman reports. “If anything, the uproar seems to have galvanized her base,” Sherman writes.

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