A bizarre pro-Michele Bachmann group on Facebook has many people scratching their heads.
Christians for Michele Bachmann is allegedly run by a group called “Tru Christians™,” which claims to be “dedicated to getting Michele Bachmann elected president in 2016.” The page was created on July 4, 2011 and, so far, has over 20,000 “likes.”
Its cover image features a picture of a sexy, shirtless, very gay-seeming Jesus with a “Christians for Michele Bachmann” tattoo on his bulging bicep and set against a backdrop of bullets. The group’s main photo depicts a heavily made-up brunette woman dressed in a yellow bra posing for a selfie in front of an American flag.
Here’s a screenshot:
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But that’s just the beginning.
The group has all sorts of weird antigay messaging posted to its timeline. Here’s a little sampling:
So is the page real or fake? It’s always hard to tell with Bachmann’s brand of conservatives. We checked with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offices to see if “Tru Christians™” was, indeed, a registered trademark. (It’s not.) And an email to the page’s administrator went unanswered. Though group supporters seem pretty quick to defend themselves whenever someone questions their legitimacy:
What do you think? Is it all an elaborate liberal hoax, or is this a legit grassroots organization hoping to get the lame duck congresswoman elected to the White House in 2016?
UPDATE: Michele Bachmann’s communications director Dan Kotman just tweeted us to say the page is not real:
@grahamgremore Seriously? It’s fake. That is obviously a satire page, not one run by her supporters.
— DanKotman (@DanKotman) October 27, 2014
Thanks for clarifying, Dan. But we’re still not totally convinced.
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Mack
How do you take a piss if you can’t touch your penis? I really don’t want to have it running down my leg. These “postings” are about as stupid as the woman herself.
Cam
This site is as real as the “Bitch Pudding” fan page.
redcarpet30
Uh, pretty sure that is Chris Evan’s body (before he waxed it to no end for Captain America) with Jesus’ head. Hope they are expecting the call from his laywers.
cleverusername
I think your satire detector is broken.
Tobi
Aw, Conchita Wurst makes a fab. Jesus, huh?!
johnitis
Come on! It’s satire; the great kind of satire that many have a hard time detecting.
Nattypoos
“Michele Bachmann’s communications director Dan Kotman just tweeted us to say the page is not real”. What? Of course the page is real. There’s a link to the page and you can open it. Is Dan Kotman real? It sounds like a made-up name to me!
Cam
Please Please Please let somebody working for Bachman put a link to this page on her website. lol
lottakhunt
Does it make you feel better to persecute TruChristians™? Don’t you feel empty inside? Isn’t it time you come to Jesus? We are adding all of yous to our prayer list. When you feel it burning inside on Sunday just know that it is through the POWER OF THE LORD that we are cleansing your souls and bringing you to the LIGHT OF TRUTH!
gjg64
According to Snopes.com it’s a satirical page.
tothemattmobile
Pleeeeeease people, this is so obviously satire. The fact that they use words like “marijuanas” and “pots”, there’s a picture of sexy Jesus and girls wearing thongs, they claim to be Evangelical Christians but are constantly saying STFU and GTFO, there are numerous explicit sexual references, and also that every post is consistently hilarious (if you are in on the JOKE) clearly points to this being a satirical jab at Michele Bachmann. Michele Bachmann’s supporters might have their own brand of crazy going on, but I can see why Dan Kotman’s response to this page’s supposed validity amounted to “duh, it’s not.”
ThomC
You gurls think this page is real? Bless yer hearts……
transiteer
And they call us sick? What a sad and pathetic bunch. Bachmann we know is sick. But to be a “follower” . . . . . . gawd . . . . .
Ottoman
So my post yesterday calling the queerty editors stupid for believing this was real seems to have disappeared. Another example of the stupidity of this site.
FartyBrekkfast
Queerty, as a TruChristain™ and a former homogay™ turned straight (thank you, Exodus International) I’d like to ashure you that the page is VERY real! It’s as real as the love of the Lord and his glorius resurection! I hope you will soon understand the messege behind the page. Until then, we will prey upon you!
transiteer
Anyone who supports a whacko like Bachmann, is SICK. Plain and simple.
Harley
Yep. Definitely set up for Miss Marcus. And @FartyBrekkfast: Your still gay. It’s part of who you are. You can scream and proclaim all you want. You can’t change your sexuality anymore than you can change your eye color. Wearing colored contacts throughout your life will not be fulfilling. I’m sorry you faced so much rejection in your life.
FartyBrekkfast
@Harley: lol you’re so funny, you are failing to understand the message I’ve been sent to deliver. I pray Jesus will come inside you and fill you deep with his big love!
ThomC
Other than the true Christian message @FartyBrekkfast is spreading, I too am praying for you all. Thankfully Michelle is there to keep us all away from The Pots and from spreading the Homogay agenda
FartyBrekkfast
Praise the lord. For Michele and for good people like Thom! Amens!
goatz r us
Seriously, you’re not sure if it’s real? Are you addictez to the marijuanas?
ThomC
You know, this article and many replies to this post make me think that a lot of gay men got left behind….
GoatsYAH
This is one of the funniest satire pages on Facebook. It’s always been a satire page. It seeks to make homophobia and ignorant religious zealotry look even more foolish. I promise you, the creator is not a Michele Bachmann fan.
GoatsYAH
@FartyBrekkfast: ROFL!
FartyBrekkfast
@GoatsYAH:GOATSYAH, please stop spreading misinformation. Cfmb has always been a TruChristain page!