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Left mocks Michele Bachmann for religious statement; Oprah says the same thing a month later

By Emily Jashinsky
Published February 16, 2018 4:43pm ET
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Left mocks Michele Bachmann for religious statement; Oprah says the same thing a month later
In a Thursday interview, Oprah Winfrey asked, "[I]f God actually wanted me to run, wouldn't God kinda tell me?" (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) | Richard Shotwell

Former Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann was roundly mocked for saying her decision to launch a senate bid would come down to whether she felt “called” by God.

“The question is, am I being called to do this now? I don’t know,” Bachmann wondered in a January interview.

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