Rep. Michele Bachmann took to the House floor today, along with a stream of other Republicans, calling for the resignation of Janet Napolitano, director of Homeland Security over the recently leaked DHS report on rightwing extremists. She says a hearing should be held to determine if Napolitano believes that those espousing conservative values are “extremists.” There’s “no nuancing” in the report, Bachmann claims, arguing that it’s “like a hammer coming down” on people who oppose President Obama’s tax policies, serve in the military or disagree with abortion. (Read the report to see if this characterization is accurate.)

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I think we’re at the point now where we need to have a hearing, we need to have our director of Homeland Security in front of Congress… Ask her why on multiple occasions in this document they call people who believe in the sanctity of life, who believe in owning firearms, who believe in serving in their country in the military and coming back, who are very concerned about the policies this nation is embarking on, spending too much money, taxing too much. It’s all listed right here. These are the domestic rightwing extremists. That is so frightening…

…To consider whole blocks of the American electorate somehow a threat to American security, because I didn’t notice any nuance in this document… There’s not saying we need to recognize and understand that there might be a difference of opinion… There’s no nuancing about that. It is like a hammer coming down on interest group after interest group that apparently the Obama administration perceives as a threat to us all.”