Michele Bachmann suggests GOP 'insurrection'

Rep. Bachmann says GOP leaders must work quickly to repeal the health care law. | AP PhotoClose

By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 12/3/10 7:55 AM EST Updated: 12/3/10 8:35 AM EST

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) says GOP leaders must work quickly next year to repeal the new health care law or else face an "insurrection" from rank-and-file members.

Incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) will face stiff opposition from within their party, Bachmann said, unless they make repealing health care a priority.

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POLITICO 44"If they don't," she told CNSNews.com, "I think there needs to be an insurrection here in Washington, D.C., against our own leadership, because that is the message that's come loud and clear out of this election: a full-scale repudiation and rejection of the federal government takeover of private industry."

Bachmann said she takes the leaders "at their word" for vowing to work toward undoing the health care law but warned them not to back down. "If decide they're going to cave, or go weak in the knees, you will see members of Congress that will stand up against our leadership because we're going to stand with the people on this issue," she said.