Pelosi: Suicide Spike Shows Bachmann to be A Poor Presidential Pick

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says that Michele Bachmann’s failure to address a surge in teen suicides in her congressional district demonstrates why Bachmann would be a poor choice for the Oval Office, the Advocate reported on July 29.

Nine students in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, which lies in Bachmann’s congressional district in Minnesota, have killed themselves in the last two years and a number of others have attempted suicide, noted a July 25 Mother Jones Magazine article. Teen suicide is so prevalent in the Anoka-Hennepin School District that health authorities in the state have labeled it a "suicide contagion area," Mother Jones reported. Full story here!