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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) suggested the Muslim Brotherhood was behind the 9/11 attacks during a press conference in Egypt on Saturday.
"We have seen the threat that the Muslim Brotherhood has posed here for the people in Egypt. We have seen the threat that the Muslim Brotherhood has posed around the world," Bachmann said. "We stand against this great evil. We are not for them. We remember who caused 9/11 in America. We remember who it was that killed 3,000 brave Americans. We have not forgotten.
The Muslim Brotherhood denounced the attacks shortly after they occurred, with several leaders saying they were "horrified by the events" of September 11.
Bachmann, accompanied by Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Steve King (R-Iowa), thanked the Egyptian military for the coup and crackdowns against the Muslim Brotherhood, which she called the "common enemy" of Egypt and the U.S. The Washington Post reports the video was apparently taken a few hours after meeting with coup leader General Abdel Fatah el-Sissi in Cairo. ..............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/michele-bachmann-911_n_3893575.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
JustAnotherGen
(31,937 posts)Theories I've read around DU lately . . . I actually think this kind of makes sense.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Someone must have turned on the batshit signal.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)bag of hammers in the box of rocks signal
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...
Solly Mack
(90,792 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)do you know how uncomfortable the Teabaggers are when they get to other countries and find out that they are internationally loathed and ridiculed? I think we should send more of them out on junkets to find that out!
treestar
(82,383 posts)Or know about it!
GeorgeGist
(25,324 posts)had more smarts.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)making the rounds on Twitter this weekend, lots of "WTF?" comments.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)What else?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)Now King has announced he is running.. Bachmann on his team?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Maybe if she gets out on good behavior.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)It's related to God or Jesus, or somebody.
Likely bound together by a lot of political-god-related
secret plans, methinks.
malaise
(269,219 posts)higher level of ReTHUG madness. WTF?????
shenmue
(38,506 posts)What's taking so long?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)I wonder who it is she reports to... ?
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Could you think of three idiots more likely to provoke an international incident?
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)there are waaay too many to mention here.
yesphan
(1,588 posts)of stupid.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Would it have been cheaper to advise everybody going overseas to wander around drunk, pee in the fountains, and that all women in other lands love to get grabbed on the ass?
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)should be restricted due to the sequester!
And, sadly, for many this will be the "face of America". How many more times do we need to punch ourselves in the face on the international stage?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)2naSalit
(86,843 posts)WE did, the taxpayers, and we're certainly paying for their protection. What a circle-jerk!
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)or at the very least ethics violations.
yesphan
(1,588 posts)$200,000,000.00 a day.
Thav
(946 posts)Steve King represents my area. I am filled with shame every time he opens his hate hole or shows his face with others who do.