the republican party now has a todd akin problem. with incendiary comments about rape and abortion. so-called legitimate rain. legitimate rape. if it s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut this thing down. this caveman view of the sexes. his views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. this created a huge problem for the romney campaign. paul ryan is being forced to defend his own record. there is no daylight between paul ryan s views and todd akin s views. last year paul ryan this personhood amendment. no taxpayer funding for abortion act. paul ryan was a cosponsor of that. he joined with mr. akin. their ticket suffers from pathological hypocrisy. i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. what they believe is women don t have a right to their own bodies. my presidency will be a pro-life presidency. i m not for federal funding of abortions
he was asked about the secret tax returns. the first disclosure, the one years of tax returns that they disclosed indicated that, you know, he used swiss bank accounts, for example. well, that may be perfectly legal, but i suspect if you ask the average american, do you have one? and is that part of how you manage your tax obligations, they would say no. they would find that relevant information. as maureen dowd pointed out yesterday in the new york times, paul ryan believes there is something called forcible rape. which is somehow different from, and more serious than, rape. a right-wing fanatic running for claire mccaskill s senate seat in missouri got into trouble for the same idea. what he calls legitimate rape. he then went on to explain his understanding of the science of rape.
unscheduled appearance in the white house briefing room, where he was asked about the secret tax returns. the first disclosure, the one years of tax returns that they disclosed indicated that, you know, he used swiss bank accounts, for example. well, that may be perfectly legal, but i suspect if you ask the average american, do you have one? and is that part of how you manage your tax obligations, they would say no. they would find that relevant information. as maureen dowd pointed out yesterday in the new york times, paul ryan believes there is something called forcible rape. which is somehow different from, and more serious than, rape. a right-wing fanatic running for claire senate seat in missouri got into trouble for the same idea. what he calls legitimate rape. he then went on to explain his
senate race into chaos. the republican party now has a todd akin problem. with incendiary comments about rape and abortion. so-called legitimate rain. legitimate rape. if it s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut this thing down. this caveman view of the sexes. his views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. this created a huge problem for the romney campaign. paul ryan is being forced to defend his own record. there is no daylight between paul ryan s views and todd akin s views. last year paul ryan this personhood amendment. no taxpayer funding for abortion act. paul ryan was a cosponsor of that. he joined with mr. akin. their ticket suffers from pathological hypocrisy. i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. what they believe is women don t have a right to their own bodies. my presidency will be a pro-life presidency. i m not for fede
today. where america is, is ready to overturn roe v. wade and turn to the states that authority. but if the congress got there, we had that kind of consensus in that country, terrific. mitt romney pretended to be outraged by akin s remarks today. his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i can t defend what he said. i can t defend him. do you think for the benefit of the party, sir, he should drop out? well, the thing he should consider is what s in the best interests of the things he believes most deeply, what will help the country at this critical time. other republicans are urging akin to leave the race, including paul ryan, who called akin personally. also urging akin to drop out, fox news sean hannity, the conservative national review, republican party chairman, reince priebus, senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, senator scott brown, senator john