Bachmann: 'We always have to be concerned' Tea Party not getting its due at convention

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that Tea Partiers needed to remain vigilant at the Republican National Convention to ensure they were getting their due among establishment Republicans.

“We always have to be concerned about that because that would be the tendency to turn toward the status quo," Bachmann told Laura Ingraham on Tuesday, after the radio host asked about concerns "that the Tea Party isn't getting its due at this convention."

But Bachmann said ultimately she was satisfied with the Republican ticket because presidential candidate Mitt Romney had voiced opposition to the president's signature healthcare reform effort.

“Mitt Romney listened to the American people and he has fully embraced the signature [Tea Party] issue ... which is the full-scale repeal of the president’s healthcare plan," Bachmann said.

Bachmann also broached the issue of her controversial letter urging an investigation into efforts by the Muslim Brotherhood to secretly infiltrate the upper echelons of the federal government.

Bachmann has come under heavy fire for her effort, particularly portions of the letters targeting Huma Abedin, Hilliary Clinton's deputy chief of staff. Abedin, wife of former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), is alleged through a serious of tenuous claims outlined in the letter to have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. But members on both sides of the aisle, including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), have blasted Bachmann for the assertions.

But Bachmann said "political correctness" was being given priority above national security.

“I’m very concerned about the influence of political correctness in our government, because right now I believe that Barack Obama and the administration is subordinating national security and elevating political correctness," Bachmann said.

Ingraham pressed the answer, asking if the Minnesota lawmaker believed "we as citizens are being kept in the dark about connections between the Clinton staff, Secretary of State Clinton, and these extremist elements and the Muslim Brotherhood?”

Bachmann responded by saying that is what her letter hoped to find out.

“It would be naive for us to think that there aren’t influence operations here in the United States. I’m standing on granite with my concerns," Bachmann said.

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