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Friday, 11 May, 2012
Michelle Bachmann gives up Swiss passport
U.S. congresswoman Michelle Bachmann has asked the Swiss government to withdraw her Swiss citizenship. The decision by an icon of the Tea Party movement comes just two days after she publicly declared her dual nationality status. WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to journalist Daniel Ryntjes;
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She should wait a little bit until her children get the Swiss citizenship. Then she can give up hers.
From my watching of the USA Republican Party debates it is my guess that Mrs. Bachmann felt she needed to maintain only her USA citizenship in order to somehow demonstrate or “prove” to the USA Democratic Party and others who might try to use her dual citizenship as a “negative” to her running for and serving in political office in the USA. What a sad and bad state of affairs that some wouldn’t be able to see that her dual citizenship would have been a plus, especially with Switzerland- a country more akin to the USA in political structure and a love for independence and freedom!
She should have stayed long enough to get to know the excellent health insurance system in Switzerland. It would be a great model for the US!
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