Scott Brown Says Akin Should Quit Senate Race
Posted on AllSides August 20th, 2012
From The Center
Sen. Scott Brown (R., Mass.), who is locked in a tough re-election fight in a Democratic-leaning state, said Monday that Rep. Todd Akin (R., Mo.) should resign as the GOP Senate candidate in Missouri, in the latest sign that Mr. Akins remarks on rape are reverberating through the political landscape.
“As a husband and father of two young women, I found Todd Akins comments about women and rape outrageous, inappropriate and wrong, Mr. Brown said in a written statement. “There is no place in our public discourse for this type...
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