Rep. Steve King: I’ve Never Heard Of A Girl Getting Pregnant From Statutory Rape Or Incest

[ProfessionalLeftist]

The STUPID just never STOPS. . . .

Rep. Steve King, one of the most staunchly conservative members of the House, was one of the few Republicans who did not strongly condemn Rep. Todd Akin Monday for his remarks regarding pregnancy and rape. On Monday, King signaled why — he might agree with parts of Akin’s assertion.

King told an Iowa reporter he’s never heard of a child getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest.

“Well I just haven’t heard of that being a circumstance that’s been brought to me in any personal way,” King told KMEG-TV Monday, “and I’d be open to discussion about that subject matter.”

A Democratic source flagged King’s praise of Akin in the KMEG interview to TPM. But potentially more controversial for King is his suggestion that pregnancies from statutory rape or incest don’t exist or happen rarely. A 1996 review by the Guttmacher Institute found “at least half of all babies born to minor women are fathered by adult men.”

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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/steve-king-statutory-rape.php

[reflection]

1. What's worse,

stepping in a dog turd, or talking about the guy in front of you who did it and then gleefully jumping on that same turd with both feet? What a moron, or moran, or whatever.

[DonRedwood]

2. King is another one who would go if the mainstream got a good look at him saying some of that

crud he spouts.

Keep this post going peeps!

[Tennessee Gal]

3. Sometimes you just have to wonder if these idiots live

on the same planet as the rest of us.

What a stupid thing for anyone to say!

[tinymontgomery]

4. So since nobody called him to tell him personnally

So since nobody called him to tell him personnally it must not happen: “Well I just haven’t heard of that being a circumstance that’s been brought to me in any personal way,” King told KMEG-TV Monday. What a moran.

[GallopingGhost]

5. What is with these people?

I'm starting to think you have to fail an IQ test to be a Republican.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. I give you three reasons why this information may have slipped from his field of knowledge:

1) Because he blocks himself from reading the sources which would educate him.

2) Because, in his circles, there are few women who would come out and admit they were a) raped & b) pregnant because of that rape.

3) Because, in his circles, there are few women who would come out and admit that they had an abortion because of number 2.

[MadrasT]

7. Do these rethugs live in a cave?

On another planet?

In another universe?

How can they keep up this level of stupid and why does anyone give them any positive re-enforcement?

[sarge43]

8. Personally I've never heard that Rep King doesn't do dead goats

Discuss

[RedStateLiberal]

9. Akin could be the gift that keeps on giving.

Every Rethug with these extremist views should be exposed so there is a better chance people will hold them accountable with their votes.

[MADem]

10. Ask Mike Huckabee, then. Is this guy that much of a stupid fuck?

Huckabee tried to mitigate Aikin's mess by saying "Without wonderful, wonderful rape, we wouldn't have the magical glorious musical stylings of Ethel Waters!!"

Oh yes--he DID go there (the quote is capricious, the intent is right on the money).

Let's all hear it for forcible rape!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2191443/Mike-Huckabee-comes-Todd-Akins-defense-saying-forcible-rapes-create-extraordinary-people.html

Now Mike Huckabee says 'forcible rapes' create 'extraordinary' people as he comes to Todd Akin's defense



...'Ethel Waters, for example, was the result of a forcible rape,' Huckabee said of the late singer, as reported in the Los Angeles Times.

'I used to work for James Robison back in the 1970s. He leads a large Christian organisation. He was the result of a forcible rape.'
He added: 'I know it happens, and yet even from those horrible, horrible tragedies of rape, which are inexcusable and indefensible, life has come and sometimes, those people are able to do extraordinary things.'

...On his show, Huckabee was referencing earlier comments made by Texan televangelist James Robison...'My mother was a practical nurse and was raped by the alcoholic son of the elderly man she cared for,' Robison told the Christian Broadcasting Network. 'It was a forced - I don't think we would call it violent - but he forced his affections on her, and at age 40 she conceived me.'

Good grief these people are completely insane--"forced his AFFECTIONS on her?" Affections? Really?

You really cannot fix stupid, it would seem.

[hifiguy]

11. I've never heard that Steve King doesn't

fuck sheep. Just saying.

[DontTreadOnMe]

27. Does God make men fuck sheep, or is this a free will kind of fetish?

Is God punishing the sheep? Or is Steve King being blessed for fucking sheep? I need answers now!

[Berlum]

12. "Whoopee - Everybody into the Moral Cesspool with us." - Republicans (R)

[Lucy Goosey]

13. The fact that you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't happen

Steve, your willful ignorance on this topic does not negate the truth.

[cthulu2016]

14. So true... nobody under 18 ever gets pregnant

Or perhaps the innate defenses of the 16 year-old girl can only be penetrated by the super-sperm of a 17 year-old boy. When we men turn 18 the sperm just kind of stops trying.

[KurtNYC]

15. Is King saying he has never read the even the first book of the Bible?

1. Cain and his wife (Genesis 4:16) conceived a son, Henoch

2. Abraham and Sara (Genesis 20:12)

3. Nachor (Genesis 11:26)

4. Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:31)


http://listverse.com/2008/05/26/top-6-incestuous-relationships-in-the-bible/

[spanone]

16. raw ignorance on display

[hamsterjill]

17. Freaks like this probably think their own mothers never had sex!

This is almost so unreal that I cannot comprehend. There are actually other Republican men who are agreeing with Akin? Publicly? I mean, they are showing their true colors with comments like this and there will still be women who vote for the likes of these men!

Incredible!

[Initech]

18. There is no justification for rape no matter how hard you spin it.

Keep talking assholes - you're honestly no better than the terrorists we're fighting against.

[davsand]

19. King, you Asswipe, if a girl is pregnant and under the age of consent that's statutory rape.

He not only doesn't know shit about reproductive biology, he doesn't even know anything about the various definitions of rape--and he's called a "lawmaker" in some circles...






Laura

[barbtries]

20. trust me

in their world statutory rape does not count. that would be, i guess, an illegitimate rape.

[Smilo]

21. King says he supports Akin’s character

“Todd Akin is a strong Christian man, with a wonderful family,” King said.

So effing what - there are many strong Christian men with a wonderful family - our POTUS for one. But many Christian men - real Christian men do not believe in forcing their views down others throats.

In 2011, the Guttmacher Institute reported that two out of three women having abortions in the U.S. identified as Christian.

As for King and his asinine statement:

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho - A 10-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby girl after being raped actually became pregnant when she was only 9 years old, sources have confirmed.

Too often rapes are not reported, especially where young girls are concerned - they are scared, ignorant in the sense they don't know what is happening and don't know about their bodies and they are often told that if they say anything they or a loved one will be hurt.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. These guys not only "step in it" they polish their shoes and brush their teeth with it.

[Matariki]

23. LOL. You're so right, they do it willfully and with pride.

[Hugabear]

24. Is Rep. Steve King speaking from personal experience?

He sounds pretty authoritative on the matter...maybe there's more to this story?

[ananda]

25. He's gotta be one of the most head in the sand people ever!

nt

[riverbendviewgal]

26. American women rise up and shut down the Republicans

Wear a shirt that I saw on DU a few threads ago.....This should be talked about, recorded. Every Republican who says a stupid anti women statement should be recorded.... There will be a big list. These words need to be put in LTTE, Facebook and town halls.

Fight my Sisters. Fight these ignorant nitwit nutcases.

[Xyzse]

28. That's disgusting...

So he says no one gets pregnant from statutory rape?
Does he mean by girls 10 and younger?

@sshats like him make me so angry.

[Siwsan]

29. I don't give a DAMN about what he has or hasn't ever heard

because it's IRRELEVANT to the TRUTH!!

Do people like him REALLY think that reality is based on what THEY know, see, or experience????

Big sore point for me because it's the same sort of thing my right wing mom always spews - if she hasn't about heard it, it could not possibly have happened. And, since she only hears things on fox, well, need I say more???

[madamesilverspurs]

30. Unsurprising.

Since he keeps his head where the sun don't shine, the only things he hears are appropriate to the location. . .


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