“While [Minnesota Republican] Rep. [Michelle] Bachmann’s Islamophobic fear mongering is a hit in conspiratorial right-wing circles, it’s beneath the level of discourse Americans should expect from members of Congress,” Ben Betz of People for the American Way, said in an email to supporters on Tuesday [8 January 2013]. “And her views are nothing short of terrifying for someone sitting on the powerful Intelligence Committee.”

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