Former Minnesota congresswoman and current Religious Right “pastor to the United Nations” Michele Bachmann appeared on Jan Markell's "Understanding The Times" radio program yesterday, where she blamed the outbreak of a polio-like virus in the United States on undocumented immigrants.
Dozens of children in several states have been diagnosed this year with acute flaccid myelitis, a virus that can leave children with muscle weakness or paralysis, and Bachmann declared that it is happening "because literally millions of people are coming into the United State illegally." For good measure, she also predicted that members of the Central American caravan that is heading toward the United States may stage an incident involving injured or dead children in order to generate sympathy by demonizing President Trump and the Republicans.
"I think, just like in Europe, when that little 3-year-old boy tragically washed up on the shores, he was used as an icon to allow millions of migrants into Europe," Bachmann said. "I believe that we should be prepared that some tragic incident could occur—it could very well be staged—and they'll use that to try to hang it around President Trump's neck and around the neck of the Republicans to say, 'Look how cruel these people are, we've got to open our doors to these people.' I think that could be very well be what they mean to do."
"Today, we're dealing with this issue of the strange polio virus that's impacting little children," she added. "We have all of these strange diseases that were cured in the United States and they're here. Why? Because literally millions of people are coming into the United State illegally, they aren't vetted, they're aren't checked. The American people are paying the price for that lawlessness."
Later in the broadcast, Bachmann said that she would be "very interested" in replacing outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley when she leaves office next year.
"I'm open to it because foreign policy is my interest and the United Nations is not an organization that I have been a fan of for a long time," Bachmann said. "I've been there for over a year now at the United Nations and we're trying to bring a different perspective to the United Nations. We have several ways that we're trying to do that and so, yes, I'm very interested in it."
