Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann said gays have "bullied the American people" into vetoing anti-LGBT legislation.
During a radio interview with host Lars Larson on his eponymous show last week, 57-year-old Bachmann said she wasn't happy with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's decision to strike down SB 1062, a law that some said discriminated against gays and lesbians.
Under the state law, businesses would have the right to refuse service to anyone based on the owners' religious beliefs. Following a wave of backlash and protest from the public, legislators decided to pull back the measure. According to Bachmann, the LGBT residents of Arizona successfully managed to "bully" voters and politicians into changing policy.
"There's nothing about gays in there," Bachmann said of the bill. "But the gay community decided to make this their measure. I think the thing that is getting a little tiresome, the gay community, they have so bullied the American people, and they've so intimidated politicians. Politicians fear them, so that they think they get to dictate the agenda everywhere."
The politician told Lars Larson that liberals won't be able to change the United States Constitution to "take away" religious rights due to "activist judges" who would work with the POTUS to cast the document aside.
Bachmann also referred to President Barack Obama as a "lawless president violating the Constitution with every executive order."
This isn't the first time Bachmann has chided the politicians who vetoed SB 1062 - in a previous interview with ABC News & Yahoo's "Fine Print," the Minnesota legislator said that all rights needed to be respected.
"I was sorry that she made that decision," Bachmann said in reference to Brewer. "It's because I belive that tolerance is a two-way street and we need to respect everyone's rights, including the rights of people who have sincerely held religious beliefs. There's a terrible intolerance afoot in the United States, and it's against people who have sincerely held religious beliefs."
Listen to the interview here:
