'God may have lifted up Donald Trump' to defeat Hillary Clinton, says Michele Bachmann

Former Representative Michele Bachmann believes Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is God's instrument to beat Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to save the U.S.

The former congresswoman of Minnesota and once a presidential hopeful in 2012 agreed that Trump is not a perfect candidate but even so, he's the only one who could beat Clinton in this fall's presidential election. Trump's election, Bachman said, would give Americans at least a "three percent chance" for a turnaround in contrast to Clinton's null chance. She made a strong case by pointing out that Clinton's only going to continue President Barack Obama's "pro-LGBT, pro-Islam and pro-abortion" legacy.

"I'll tell you what I kept thinking too, Jan, was the book of Daniel. The essence of the book is that the most high God lifts up who He will and takes down who He will," Bachmann told host Jan Markell on the radio program "Understanding the Times."

She added, "We may not have a perfect candidate but [Trump] may be the one, like the Book of Daniel — the most high God may have lifted up Trump, because very possibly, he's the only one that could defeat Hillary Clinton this fall. And if that's the case, it's good enough for me." 

Bachmann also serves as a member for Trump's newly created evangelical executive advisory board. She reported that many Christian conservative leaders, who attended the closed-door meeting with the Republican candidate in New York last month, came out satisfied with Trump's pro-life and conservative agenda.

A new survey by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday, July 13 found that 78 percent of white evangelicals support the Republican candidate while 67 percent of atheists, agnostics or "nones" support Clinton. Pew highlighted the political significance of the study considering that the white evangelical Protestants and religious "nones" make up substantial voting blocks.

Bachmann urged the Christian voters to cast their vote in November and said that not voting at all may be worse than voting for an imperfect candidate.