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Kirk Cameron defends Todd Akin: ‘I respect him’
Christian conservative actor and activist Kirk Cameron on Tuesday offered praise for a Republican Senate candidate who recently said that women were less likely to get pregnant through “legitimate” rape. During an interview on CNN, host Soledad O’Brien asked Cameron if Rep. Todd Akin should give up his bid for…
Maddow: Rep. Akin’s ‘fake science’ is ‘the new Republican normal’
Monday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow looked at Missouri candidate for U.S. Senate, Rep. Todd Akin (R)’s comments regarding what constitutes a “legitimate rape” and his assertion that a woman’s body has a way of stopping a pregnancy that results from an assault. As extreme as…
Akin ad begs voters: ‘I ask for your forgiveness’
As the Republican Party’s chance for a majority in the U.S. Senate hangs in the balance, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) appears determined to stay in his race despite Tuesday’s withdrawal deadline, releasing an ad begging for forgiveness and calling rape “an evil act,” even has his prior words and acts…
Piers Morgan warns Todd Akin: Don’t be a ‘gutless little twerp’
CNN host Piers Morgan on Monday expressed his disappointment that Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) failed to show up for his scheduled interview. “Why would he say yes, then no?” Morgan wondered, showing an empty chair. “We can only speculate. But we can tell you this. Todd Akin has until tomorrow…
Todd Akin defiant as GOP leaders withdraw support amid calls to resign
The Republican party leadership has withdrawn financial and political support from a US congressman who is refusing to resign from a Senate race in Missouri after claiming that “legitimate rape” rarely leads to pregnancy. As pressure mounted from all sides, Todd Akin, chosen last week as Republican candidate in the…
Bryan Fischer: Todd Akin right about ‘real, genuine rape’
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association on Monday insisted that Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) was right to claim women could not become pregnant from “legitimate rape.” “What Todd Akin is talking about is when you’ve got a real, genuine rape. A case of forcible rape, a case of assault,…
Akin apologizes: ‘I was talking about forcible rape’
The Republican Senate candidate from Missouri on Monday said he had made “serious mistakes” by claiming that women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape.” In his first interview since telling KTVI-TV that “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” Todd Akin expressed his…
Obama admonishes Akin: ‘Rape is rape’
Update (below): House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) condemns Republicans for partnering with Akin Speaking to reporters during Monday’s daily press briefing, President Barack Obama admonished Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) for suggesting that women do not get pregnant in cases of “legitimate rape,” seizing on the comments as a chance to…
Rape victims speak up against Akin’s ‘legitimate rape’ comment
As Missouri Republican senatorial candidate Todd Akin scrambles to salvage himself from becoming a political football, the outrage over his stupefying comments regarding “legitimate rape” continues to grow. “It was like I had been slapped,” a St. Louis-area rape victim told KTVI-TV. “I heard that comment and I just began…
LISTEN LIVE: Akin speaks to Huckabee following rape remarks
Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin (MO) is expected to speak to conservative radio host Mike Huckabee following remarks where he claimed that women could not get pregnant through “legitimate” rape. Listen to this live audio from KVOI, broadcast Aug. 20, 2012.…
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