Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has requested withdrawal of her Swiss citizenship after news that she and her children had recently applied for Swiss papers caused a stir.
Referring to the Swiss citizenship as an "automatic" designation conferred upon her when she married her husband Marcus Bachmann, the son of Swiss immigrants, Bachmann said she was withdrawing the citizenship to make clear her allegiance to the U.S.The irony runs deep today, my friends:
The former Republican presidential candidate who has often criticized President Barack Obama for what she calls his "socialist" policies, had seemed the most unlikely American politician to have dual citizenship with a European country that is ruled in part by the Social Democratic Party.Disappointingly, she apparently still has American citizenship.
"Hey, we're not crazy about this either," Switzerland has said.
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