Tweet Of The Day: Todd Akin
Congressman Todd Akin, despite losing funding from the GOP and Karl Rove, and despite top Republican politicos like Erick Erickson, founder of RedState and a CNN contributor, and Richard Grinnell, Mitt Romney’s former foreign policy spokesman both stating Akin is planning to quit the senate race tomorrow, Rep. Todd Akin at 3:10 PM ET made the following campaign cash request via Twitter, promising to stay in the race:
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I am in this race to win. We need a conservative Senate. Help me defeat Claire by donating: secure.campaignsolutions.com/toddakin/donat…
#mosen— Todd Akin (@ToddAkin) August 20, 2012
Akin has been plagued by his weekend comments that rape victims rarely get pregnant because their bodies can tell if the rape is “legitimate.”
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