Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., on Sunday opened fire on opponent Herman Cain for what she termed “flip flops” on abortion, gay marriage and negotiating with terrorists.
During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Bachmann to comment on Cain’s recent statements on abortion, which have come under scrutiny.
“It’s been very troubling, because in the last few weeks, we’ve seen this happen time and time again with various statements, and this is an issue you can’t get wrong,” Bachman said. “The President of the United States can’t get the abortion issue wrong, the life issue wrong.”
Bachman explained that President Obama claims to be personally against abortion, even though he opposes having government intervene.
“That’s essentially what Herman Cain said in his responses,” Bachmann said. He also came out and said he was against protecting marriage between a man and a woman, and then he later came out and said he misspoke and said no, he’s for it. Then we also know that he gave an interview to Wolf Blitzer when he had said that he would be open to negotiating with the terrorists that were in Guantanamo Bay, which includes by the way, the mastermind of 911, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.”
She continued, “You can’t do that as President of the United States. You can’t have all of these flip flops in our nominee, one after another, and its making the voters’ heads spin. I think it’s giving people pause, and they’re asking real questions about what does he believe, truly, and how would he govern as President of the United States.”
Cain has emerged as the front-runner in Iowa, which is considered a must-win for Bachmann. She clearly sees the confusion Cain has caused as an opening to regain ground she lost, after peaking in August when she won the state’s Ames straw poll.
“I can tell you here in Iowa, people want to make sure that our nominee is 100 percent pro life, 100 percent standing for marriage between man and a woman, and they certainly don’t want terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed released from Guantanamo Bay,” she said. “That’s non negotiable.”
