Posted on 05/09/2012 9:14:07 AM PDT by quesney
Michele Bachmann is now a Swiss citizen.
The Minnesota congresswoman and former Republican presidential candidate was recently granted dual citizenship, Bachmann's office confirmed Tuesday night, according to CNN.
"Congresswoman Bachmann's husband is of Swiss descent so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978," spokeswoman Becky Rogness said in a statement. "However, recently some of their children wanted to exercise their eligibility for dual-citizenship so they went through the process as a family."
And, according to an interview with Swiss TV, Bachmann, who is currently seeking a fourth term in Congress after her failed bid for the White House, is now also eligible to run for office in the tiny European country.
Asked if she'd be interested in seeking office in Switzerland, Bachmann joked that "there's a lot of competition ... and they're very good."
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No, she isn’t...any other questions?
How do you know?
“No, she isn’t...any other questions?”
Yes, why now...?
She’s had 34 years to do this.
Her husband was eligible because of his parents. Swiss law made her a citizen when the husband elected to exercise his rights. How is this a Michelle-initiated act as the articles imply? Your media lies to you.
Travelling on a Swiss passport is almost as good as having an invisibility cloak - no one will really bother you.
Why do you care?
She is gonna get bludgeoned about the head with this in her next re-election campaign.
Is Switzerland the new conservative bastion..???
maybe I will,too.
I’m of Swiss descent- and I meet their gun ownership requirements.
This was smart on her part and her family’s part.
A second passport is an extra security against the United States.
Irish might be marginally better. We knew a woman who born in the Bronx to an Irish born father. She filed for Irish citizenship because that would allow her children to petition for Irish citizenship. She used to work in a nursing home in Concord.
We told her, when her time came, her kids were going to abandon her in Shannon Airport with her passport pinned to her blouse.
And she was asking for donations to run for president in America. Is she hiding the money in a Swiss account?
And she was asking for donations to run for president in America. Is she hiding the money in a Swiss account?
Switzerland would be so pretty.
Can you have dual citizenship with Ireland?
Very pretty countryside and some of my ancestors came from Cork, southern part of Ireland.
Totally misleading and disingenuous, i.e. a lie. Her husband is Swiss so when he registered his wife and kids were automatically registered. No action by Michele to do this. Main Stream/Drive By Media lies. Spread the word. Put them out of business.
“We told her, when her time came, her kids were going to abandon her in Shannon Airport with her passport pinned to her blouse.”
Ha! What about that, Mom?
Grow up and learn something.
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