Ex-US Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies
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Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women's bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape” sunk his bid for the U.S. Senate and became a cautionary tale for other GOP candidates, died late Sunday. He was 74.
"As my father’s death approached, we had people from all different walks of life share story after story of the personal impact he had on them," Perry Akin said in a statement to The Associated Press.
"He was a devote Christian, a great father, and a friend to many. We cherish many fond memories from him driving the tractor at our annual hayride, to his riveting delivery of the freedom story at 4th 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."
Top adviser to Dem Senate candidate posted photo with religious leader who compared Jews to termites
A top adviser to a House Democrat running for Senate in Michigan once posted on social media about supporting an event featuring Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam.