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Akin says he’s relived ‘legitimate rape’ remarks ‘too many times’
Former Republican Missouri Senate nominee Todd Akin said on Thursday that he wished he could take back his comments about women not being able to get pregnant from “legitimate rape” because he’s “relived them too many times.” In an interview on Thursday, KSDK’s Leisa Zigman asked the former candidate if…
Georgia Republican admits defending Todd Akin’s rape comment was ‘stupid’
Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia said Monday that he was wrong to defend Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s remarks about “legitimate rape.” “Rape is rape,” he told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. “If it’s rape, it’s legitimate. I certainly regret very much weighing in on that issue, which was something that…
Another GOP official echoes Todd Akin: Women rarely get pregnant from rape
The president of one of California’s oldest and most powerful Republican groups asserted on Friday that rape only rarely results in pregnancy. Celeste Greig, president of the California Republican Assembly — a group that former President Ronald Reagan called “the conscience of the Republican Party” — said in an interview…
Rep. Phil Gingrey: Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock are right about rape
In an address to the Cobb County, GA Chamber of Commerce, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) told the assembled group that Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO)’s remarks on rape were “partly right” and unfairly maligned by the U.S. media. According to the Marietta Daily Journal, the congressman believes that adrenaline can prevent pregnancies, and…
Report: Akin arrested eight times for anti-abortion protests
Findings from a new report double the number of times Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) has been arrested in anti-abortion protests, as video surfaced of him comparing criticism of his infamous “legitimate rape” remarks to beheadings carried out by extreme Islamic groups. The National Journal reported Saturday that, according to records…
Missouri Republican Party funds Akin ad featuring rape victim
The Missouri Republican Party is reportedly helping to fund a new ad for Rep. Todd Akin featuring a woman who says she survived rape and had an abortion. “I’m a single mother — a woman who’s had an abortion,” Kelly Burrell explains in the television commercial. “I’ve been raped in…
Tina Fey rips ‘grey-faced men with $2 haircuts’ defining rape
Actress Tiny Fey was seething on Wednesday as she try to express her outrage at recent comments by several Republican politicians about rape. “I wish we could have an honest and respectful dialogue about these complicated issues,” the comedienne told the Center for Reproductive Rights Inaugural Gala. “But it seems…
Richard Mourdock and Todd Akin: The New Face of the Republican Party
One thing continues to bug me when it comes to the various Republicans insisting that God wills all sorts of sexual horrors on women, and it’s this: The god of the Christian right is a completely dribbling idiot. The one thing—the one thing!—he cares about more than anything is making…
Todd Akin’s senior aide: ‘If McCaskill were a dog, she’d be a Bullsh*tsu’
A senior aide for Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin (R) on Monday joked that Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill was a “Bullshitsu” dog. “If Claire McCaskill were a dog, she’d be a ‘Bullshitsu,’” Rick Tyler tweeted around noon. Tyler was alluding to comments made by Akin on Saturday. At a…
Akin: McCaskill ‘like one of those dogs: fetch’
Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin (MO) on Saturday accused of his opponent, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, of creating big government policies and fetching them back to Missouri “like a dog.” “She goes to Washington, D.C., it’s a little bit like one of those dogs, ‘fetch,’” Akin said at a fundraiser,…
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