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Akin makes first Mo. appearance since rape remarks
Rep. Todd Akin
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) Bolstered by thousands of small individual donations, embattled Republican Congressman Todd Akin reaffirmed his commitment to his U.S. Senate campaign Friday while re-emerging publicly in Missouri for the time since making inflammatory remarks about rape and pregnancy. (they were not inflammatory, they were hate-filled, ignorant and utterly without merit)
Akin held a brief, tightly controlled news conference in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield after returning from Florida where he had been meeting with leading conservatives as he seeks to revive his campaign against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. His staff limited reporters to five questions and, as he has done repeatedly in recent days, Akin again rejected calls from top Republicans to drop out of the race.
"Apparently there are some people who are having trouble understanding our message, and I'd like to be clear on that today," Akin said. "We're going to be here through the November election, and we're going to be here to win."
After winning the GOP primary in August, Akin had gained quick backing from national Republican and conservative groups focused on ousting McCaskill. But that support withered after Akin was asked in an interview that aired Sunday on a St. Louis television station whether his general opposition to abortion extended to women who have been raped.
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akin makes first MO appearance since rape remarks (Original Post)
niyad
Aug 2012
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Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)1. You go Toad
"Apparently there are some people who are having trouble understanding our message, and I'd like to be clear on that today," Akin said. "We're going to be here through the November election, and we're going to be here to win."
Yes YOUR (GOP) message. Like all abortions illegal, no birth control, personhood laws. Yes YOUR message. I wish more people knew the GOP message.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)3. Precisely
He seems to have missed the point that his message is exactly the problem.
ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)2. Go Todd!! I'm in full support of you staying
in the Senate Race.