Republican candidates, including Mitt Romney, are rapidly distancing themselves from controversial comments made by a Missouri Senate candidate who said the victims of "legitimate rape" were unlikely to become pregnant.Two Republican senators running in tightly contested elections called on Akin today resign his candidacy
"As a husband and father of two young women, I found Todd Akin's comments about women and rape outrageous, inappropriate and wrong. There is no place in our public discourse for this type of offensive thinking. Not only should he apologize, but I believe Rep. Akin's statement was so far out of bounds that he should resign the nomination for U.S. Senate in Missouri," Sen. Scott Brown said in a statement.
Sen. Rob Johnson, R- Wis., all called on Akin to step down.
"Todd Akin's statements are reprehensible and inexcusable," Johnson tweeted from his campaign's Twitter account. "He should step aside today for the good of the nation."
ThoughtCrime!
Dear Senator Brown: It is your statement that is is "outrageous, inappropriate, and wrong." If you thought you had to distance yourself, weak RINO that you are, you went waaaaaaaaaay overboard.