Michele Bachmann’s speech announcing her departure from the presidential field emphasized the singular importance of repealing Obamacare. Referring to Howard Chandler Christy’s painting of the signing of the Constitution, which hangs in the United States Capitol, she said:
“[N]ever [was] the painting’s poignant reminder more evident than on the evening of March 21, 2010. That was the evening that Obamcare was passed, and staring out from the painting [were] the faces of the Founders….That day served as the inspiration for my run for the President of the United States, because…I knew that it was my obligation to ensure that President Obama’s program of socialized medicine was stopped before it became fully implemented. And so my message has been the necessity [of] the complete repeal of Obamacare in this once-in-a-lifetime campaign cycle for the presidency, because Obamacare represents the largest expansion of entitlement spending in our country’s history…[and] Obamacare violates our fundamental liberties as Americans, including, for the first time in the history of our country, [providing] taxpayer-funded abortion….
