How do you convince Americans that you are the best fit to represent them in the US Congress? There might be a lot of ways to answer that, but, whatever you do, don’t ask Michele Bachmann.

The three-term congresswoman from Minnesota and former GOP presidential contender has been campaigning as of late with hopes of being elected once again to the US House of Representatives. She managed to put local politics aside for a moment, though, and recently took time out of her busy schedule do something uncharacteristically un-American.

The God-fearing, flag-waving, adopted daughter of Uncle Sam recently applied for citizenship in Switzerland.