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In reply to the discussion: U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?' [View all]IcyPeas
(25,474 posts)16. Santorum said it in a different way to Piers Morgan:
We're to believe that Santorum's desire to overturn Roe v Wade is "not a matter of religious values", yet, when discussing a hypothetical pregnancy by rape just moments later, he says: "I believe and I think that the right approach is to accept this horribly created, in the sense of rape, but nevertheless, in a very broken way, a gift of human life, and accept what God is giving to you."
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U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?' [View all]
demmiblue
Aug 2019
OP
Well, I suppose he'd be the one to know wouldn't he. So tell us about all this rape
brewens
Aug 2019
#6
This idiot just keeps coming out with idiot excuses that seem to allow incest, rape, etc. How...
SWBTATTReg
Aug 2019
#12
"Let me add how very lucky I am that we don't execute people for stupidity!"
struggle4progress
Aug 2019
#13
Virtually every day it seems. That, or hoping the link inside will be The Onion having a bad day.
Pacifist Patriot
Aug 2019
#33
Someone should ask him- what if the rapist is black or brown and the woman is white and/or his wife?
chowder66
Aug 2019
#23
So who makes these "Go be an even more horrible person than trump for a news cycle" calls?
NightWatcher
Aug 2019
#24