Former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann
over the weekend blamed the imminent rapture on President Barack
Obama's policies, including his support for marriage equality and
pursuit of a nuclear arms deal with Iran.
“We need to realize how close this
clock is to getting to the midnight hour,” Bachmann said during an
interview with Jan Markell, host of the Understanding the Times
radio show. “This is coming
faster than anyone can see.”
“It's
just like the Bible forewarned that in the last days it will be like
the beginning of birth pains. In my opinion, we are far beyond the
beginning of birth pains,” said
Bachmann, a Republican and vocal opponent of LGBT rights.
“Barack Obama is
intent, it is his number one goal, to insure that Iran has a nuclear
weapon.”
People, Bachmann
said, should “not despair but rejoice” that “we in our
lifetimes potentially could see Jesus Christ returning to Earth and
the Rapture of the Church.”