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Rape victims speak out against Republicans on eve of Ryan’s speech
In advance of vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan taking the stage at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night, rape survivors released a video calling for Republicans to “[stand] up for the dignity of women who have been raped.” The video, released by the group UltraViolet, which works to fight…
Colbert does the talking for Todd Akin
Stephen Colbert took on what he called “the other storm” swirling around the Republican Party on The Colbert Report Tuesday night – Missouri senatorial candidate Rep. Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” debacle from last week – by donning the congressman’s face in order to expand on Akin’s position. “All he’s saying…
Tennessee Republican denies claiming rape can’t cause pregnancy
Tennessee state Rep. Joe Carr (R) has denied claiming in Tampa on Tuesday that women could not become pregnant in cases of violent rape. According to the Memphis Flyer, Carr said that rape halted the normal biological processes that occur during conception. Carr’s comment came during a speech by GOP…
Santorum defends ‘good man’ Todd Akin
Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) said Tuesday that Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), whose comments about “legitimate rape” stirred up a rhetorical firestorm, is a “good man” who just made “a ridiculous statement.” Speaking to CBS News from Tampa, Santorum added that Akin “didn’t do a very good job in dealing…
5 Questions For: Three women at the Republican convention who support Todd Akin
It was barely a week ago that Rep. Todd Akin’s comments about “legitimate rape” and a woman’s supposed inability to conceive during one surfaced. Since then, he’s been pressured by his party to drop out of his Senate race, called out by almost everyone in the conservative movement (including Ann…
Mary Matalin: Republicans will defeat Akin with write-in candidate
GOP operative Mary Matalin on Sunday said that the Republican Party would mount a third-party or write-in campaign to defeat Rep. Todd Akin (R), whose bid to defeat Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is in danger after he suggested women could not get pregnant by “legitimate rape.” Matalin told ABC’s George…
Akin plummets in poll, now trails McCaskill by 9
After a week-long firestorm surrounding his comments about “legitimate rape,” Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) campaign suffered another blow this weekend as a new poll of the Missouri Senate race found him now trailing Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) by nine percentage points. One month ago, the same pollster showed Akin with…
Bill Maher: ‘Republicans don’t like it when single women have sex’
On Friday night’s episode of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher took Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin to task. Maher’s guests predictably denounced Todd Akin’s idiotic statement that “women don’t get pregnant from legitimate rape.” But it was host Maher who made clear the link between Akin’s mouth-diarrhea and Republican…
Todd Akin holds press conference to confirm he is not dropping out of Senate race
In a brief press conference on Friday afternoon, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) confirmed that he has no intention of stepping down as the Republican candidate for senator from Missouri and made it clear that he is not involved in any negotiations to do so. “There are some people who are…
Ryan on abortion exceptions: Rape is just another ‘method of conception’
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says that he personally believes that rape is just another “method of conception” and not an excuse to allow abortions. During an interview with WJHL this week, Ryan was asked his view about Rep. Todd Akin, who recently asserted that women could not get pregnant…
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