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Todd Akin defiant as support withdrawn over 'legitimate rape' claims [View all]
Source: The Guardian
The Republican party leadership has withdrawn financial and political support from a US congressman who is refusing to resign from a Senate race in Missouri after claiming that "legitimate rape" rarely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 closely-fought challenge for the Senate in Missouri, apologised for his remarks but refused to step aside.
"I'm not a quitter," he said on a radio show hosted by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. "By the grace of God, we're going to win this race."
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/20/todd-akin-defiant-leaders-withdraw-support?newsfeed=true
What a knucklehead. He's toast without GOP money and political support, whether he quits or not.
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