Bachmann: Obama Wants To Turn ‘Illiterate’ Immigrants Into Dem Voters

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are promoting religious liberty at home and abroad at a gath... Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are promoting religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) MORE LESS
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Outgoing Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said Wednesday that President Barack Obama wants to use executive action to temporarily shield “illiterate” immigrants from deportation in order to bolster the Democratic base.

“The social cost will be profound on the U.S. taxpayer — millions of unskilled, illiterate, foreign nationals coming into the United States who can’t speak the English language,” Bachmann told reporters, as quoted by the Washington Post.

“Even though the president says they won’t be able to vote, we all know that many, in all likelihood, will vote,” she said, adding “He’s looking at new voters for 2016…. People do vote without being a citizen. It’s a wink and a nod, we all know it’s going to happen.”

When a Post reporter asked Bachmann to explain why she used the word “illiterate” to describe undocumented immigrants, the congresswoman said that she was just repeating what “American Hispanics” who live on the border have told her.

h/t Politico

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  1. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    So says the illiterate soon to be retired (thank God) Congress person.

  2. Ah, the Repubs are still at work on their infamous outreach program, i.e. expanding those in their tent! LOL!!

  3. As opposed to leaving the illiterate Republican base as is…

  4. Avatar for slider slider says:

    One of the dullest knives in the drawer speaking about illiteracy is mind boggling.

  5. Yeah, too bad your vindictive party didn’t think of way to do it first to your benefit.

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