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Michele Bachmann: My Migraines Will Not Stop Me From Serving As Commander-In-Chief (VIDEO)

07/19/2011 5:14 pm 0 comments

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann acknowledged Tuesday that she gets migraine headaches but said they are “easily controlled by medication” and would not affect her “ability to serve as Commander in Chief.”

The Daily Caller, a conservative website run by Tucker Carlson, alleged in a story published Tuesday that Bachmann’s migraines require her to take “all sorts of pills” and caused her to be hospitalized for stress-induced severe headaches at least three times last year. The story said the migraines occur roughly once a week on average and can “incapacitate” Bachmann for days, and raised questions about Bachmann’s ability to function as president as a result.

“Like nearly 30 million other Americans, I experience migraines that are easily controlled with medication,” Bachmann said in a written statement that she read at a campaign rally in Aiken, South Carolina.

“Since entering the campaign, I have maintained a full schedule between my duties as a congresswoman and as a presidential candidate traveling across the nation to meet with voters in the key, early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina,” Bachmann continued. “I have prescribed medication that I take whenever symptoms arise and they keep the migraines under control. Let me be abundantly clear – my ability to function effectively has never been impeded by migraines and will not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief.”

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