Posted on 10/04/2021 1:11:43 AM PDT by blueplum
According to The Associated Press, the Wildwood Republican died Sunday night after a long bout with cancer, Perry Akin, the former lawmaker’s son, said in a statement.
“He was a devoted Christian, a great father and a friend to many,” the statement read, according to the news agency. “We cherish many fond memories from him driving the tractor at our annual hayride, to his riveting delivery of the freedom story at Fourth of July parties dressed in the full uniform of a colonial minuteman. The family is thankful for his legacy: a man with a servant’s heart who stood for truth.”
Akin, who represented Missouri’s 2nd District in suburban St. Louis from 2001 to 2013, ran for U.S. Senate in 2012 but lost to then-incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, the AP reported....
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Is this the fella that misdelivered the prolife/rape POV more than 10 years ago?
It gave McCaskill a six-year reprieve before she was unceremoniously tossed out by the voters in Missouri in 2018.
THAT is where I know the name from.
it is. And I had one heck of a time trying to find an article that didn’t reference that in the title!
Which at least gave us Josh Hawley in the Trumplican Senate caucus - so that ended up a classic “losing to win” strategy same as the Fascist Left routinely deploys.
Yep. Gave Claire McCaskill her second term.
His nephew and I used to be good friends and college roommates, but I never had the honor of meeting Rep Akin. I’m sure he was a powerful intellect.
they ran ads attacking all major GOP primary candidates except Akin.
He was a good man. RIP.
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