Growing Number Of Conservatives Call On Akin To Withdraw After ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comments [View all]

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Source: Think Progress

Rep. Todd Akin, the GOP Senate candidate in Missouri, set off a firestorm today after claiming that women who are victims of “legitimate rape” don’t usually become pregnant because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Now, several conservative writers have started calling for Akin to withdraw from his Senate race:

One of the first was Reihan Salam, a prominent author at the conservative flagship National Review:

Reihan Salam@reihan : Todd Akin ought to step the heck down.

John McCormack, a staff writer at Bill Kristol’s The Weekly Standard, also called on Akin to step down:

John McCormack ‏@McCormackJohn : @RameshPonnuru tried to warn us about Todd Akin http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/313005/mccaskill-tries-pick-her-opponent-ramesh-ponnuru … #headdesk

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/19/712151/growing-number-of-conservative-call-on-akin-to-withdraw-after-legitimate-rape-comments/

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Apparently the GOP has 48 hours to clean up this mess or they're stuck with him.