Michelle Bachmann Films A Cameo In ‘Sharknado 3’

FILE - In this March 25, 2014 file photo Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The former presidential candidate is renewing fundraising solicitations after her... FILE - In this March 25, 2014 file photo Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The former presidential candidate is renewing fundraising solicitations after her political action committee essentially sat dormant for a year, even though she doesn't plan to run for re-election. MichelePAC raised about $250,000 in 2013, with about a third spent on legal bills. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File) MORE LESS
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Former Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) filmed an appearance in “Sharknado 3” outside the White House on Wednesday.

According to the Huffington Post, Bachmann will play herself in the third made-for-TV movie about killer sharks in tornadoes.

“My name is Michele Bachmann and I play Congresswoman Michele Bachmann,” she said in an interview with the cast, according to the Huffington Post.

“It wasn’t anything offensive. It was just fun,” she said about her role in the film. “This was a total stretch for me!”

In the third “Sharknado” installment, the disaster hits Washington, D.C.

“I believe they are growing in size. Congress has to take this seriously because sharknado is a real phenomenon,” Bachmann said during her scene, according to the Huffington Post.

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter will also appear in the film as the vice president of the United States, and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will play the president.

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  1. Movie about mindless great white monsters destroying D.C. like some sort of out of control unnatural disaster, starring folks like Bachman, Coulter, etc.

    I really don’t know how anyone can miss the metaphor going on here.

  2. “It wasn’t anything offensive…a total stretch for me!”

    Bill O’Reilly got a cameo in Iron Man 2 (as an obnoxious asshole! Go figure!) but crappy SyFy threequels are where pseudoconservative has-beens crawl off to die! Will Sharknado vs Ebolactopus feature Bruce Tinsley and Dennis Miller?

  3. “I believe they are growing in size. Congress has to take this seriously because sharknado is a real phenomenon”

    Global climate change, extreme weather events, coastal flooding, on the other hand…not so much.

  4. If she doesn’t get eaten by a shark I’m going to be pissed. I mean, they killed Wil Wheaton in the last movie!

  5. “This was a total stretch for me!”

    What, you had to say something that didn’t sound crazy and/or stupid?

    “I believe they are growing in size. Congress has to take this seriously because sharknado is a real phenomenon,”

    Ahhh…so you were method acting, then.

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