US election: Todd Akin says party should not overrule voters
Todd Akin, the controversial US Senate Candidate, dismissed calls to drop out of the Missouri Senate race after his remarks on abortion and rape, saying party officials should not overrule voters.
Mr Akin has been under fire since he said on Sunday that rape victims could
not get pregnant. He backtracked on that position in appearances on several
morning TV programmes on Wednesday, saying he was wrong to say the female
body could shut down reproduction when raped.
"The people of Missouri chose me, and I don't believe it's right for
party bosses to decide to override those voters," Akin said on ABC's "Good
Morning America" programme.
"It makes me uncomfortable to think that the party bosses are going to
dictate who runs, as opposed to the election process," he added. Read it at The Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9492503/US-election-Todd-Akin-says-party-should-not-overrule-voters.html
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