Bachmann won’t run for Franken’s Senate seat (because God didn’t say so)

Michele Bachmann

Last month former Minnesota representative and full-time religious wingnut Michelle Bachmann, one of the dumbest people to have ever been in Congress, indicated that she might run for Al Franken’s empty Senate seat – if she got the go-ahead from God himself.

Well, it seems the Lord likes the idea of having the dingbat back in the legislature about as much as the rest of us do:

Former Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann has ruled out a run for U.S. Senate seat next fall.

Bachmann's reasoning: She didn't have any "sense from the Lord" that she should try for the seat, which was left vacant after Al Franken resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct.

"It became very clear to me that I wasn't hearing any call from God to do this," Bachmann told radio host Jan Markell.

That would mark the first time she didn’t have voices in her head. Or maybe she sensed that running for a popular Democrat’s seat likely wouldn’t go well. Hopefully she’ll take it as a cue to stay out of politics forever.

Then again, maybe God did answer, just not in the way she wanted:

Billboard currently outside our office...who did this? 🙌🏽 #mnsen #mnleg pic.twitter.com/JK1xD4wVQ9

— Marissa Luna (@rissluna) February 1, 2018

(via Joe.My.God.)