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Barack Obama: The views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape. And the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing…

On the recordAugust 19, 2012
The views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape. And the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing, what types of rape we're talking about, doesn't make sense to the American people. And certainly doesn't make sense to me.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama responds to Akin's comments, asserting that all forms of rape should be treated the same.

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