Romney Campaign Says He Disagrees With Mourdock’s Rape Comments
Won’t say if he still endorses.
Mitt Romney campaigns with Richard Mourdock who is running for Senate at Stepto’s BBQ Shack in Evansville, Ind., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.
MORRISON, Colo. — A spokesperson for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he disagrees with Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s comments on rape and abortion Tuesday night.
In a debate with his opponents, Mourdock, who started broadcasting an ad featuring Mitt Romney’s endorsement just yesterday, said that it is God’s plan for women who are impregnated by rape to have the child, saying he opposes abortion except for instances where the life of the mother is at risk.
“I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God,” Mourdock said. “And I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.”
“Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock’s comments, and they do not reflect his views,” said Romney press secretary Andrea Saul in a statement. Romney is supportive of allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest.
Saul did not respond when asked if Romney continues to endorse Mourdock or if he would ask the candidate to stop airing the ad.
The tea party candidate is one of the few down-ticket candidates Romney has explicitly endorsed as Republican nominee.
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newu1333 6 months agoromney did not realize when he endorsed mourdock he was that ignorant to say god would approve rape, no one would have have thought of that one. Mourdock is Rep, and Romney is saying he does not uphold what this idio is saying and I am sure is very embarrassed as he is by Atkin; he cannot control the low IQ of others only distance himself from it and hope the voters next time put another republican up to run. This race has already begun and the voters in the states put these men in their places; they need to do a better job next time; it is not Romney’s fault— think about it. Voters need to ask more in depth questions- as I do- who would think there are Neandrathals still here among us must less running for public office and fools voted to put them there and in Atkin’s case time and time again. Don’t blame Romney, I must say in the debates he was a gentleman not a backalley ghetto thug that only knows how to castigate someone else to take attention off themself. Obama constantly deflected and scatologically slung back alley demeaning insults that revealed his true “roots”.
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dangerouslytalented 6 months ago
wait five minutes, he will agree with them again… He was disagreeing with him only because he was in “that” part of the Flip/Flop cycle.
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therblig 6 months ago“Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock’s comments, and they do not reflect his views,” said Romney press secretary Andrea Saul in a statement” that was at 10:36PM - i assume he’ll change his view before morning, then again before lunch, and perhaps time for a few more flip flops before dinner.
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