Rep. Michele Bachmann responded Monday to a petition that urged her to publicly address gay bullying.
"Bullying is wrong," she says, according to the blog Dump Bachmann.
Two weeks ago, Tammy Aaberg, whose son Justin committed suicide last July, met with members of Bachmann's staff to request that the congresswoman denounce the anti-gay bullying that Aaberg said led to her then-15-year-old son's death. She presented a box carrying 141,000 petitioning signatures, The Advocate reported.
A few days later, a Costa Mesa, Calif. rally attendee asked Bachmann about how she will address school bullying in her district.
"That's not a federal issue," she said, according to CBS News.
Bachmann's official response to the petition Monday notes that she is "very aware and concerned about the cases of bullying and suicides that have occurred" in Anoka-Hennepin Schools -- Minnesota's largest school district that falls in Bachmann's Congressional district. The blog Dump Bachmann published the full statement.
"In response, my office has been in communication with both school officials and with individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide," the statement reads. Bachmann also notes that she is just one of the members of Congress who represent the Anoka-Hennepin school district.
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