Todd Akin Posts Apology Video On YouTube, But Is It 'Legitimate' With Commenting Disabled?
Over the weekend Rep. Todd Akin, the GOP Senate nominee from Missouri, explained his stance on abortion in the case of rape in a TV interview saying, "If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." This week he’s eating his words, as Democrats and Republicans alike are attacking him on all social fronts from Twitter to Facebook and YouTube. Today, an apology video hit Akin’s YouTube channel…but comments have been disabled.
Over the weekend Rep. Todd Akin, the GOP Senate nominee from Missouri, explained his stance on abortion in the case of rape in a TV interview saying, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” This week he’s eating his words, as Democrats and Republicans alike are attacking him on all social fronts from Twitter to Facebook and YouTube. Today, an apology video hit Akin’s YouTube channel…but comments have been disabled.
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