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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 04:50 PM Aug 2012

Rehberg Gives Akin Donation To Teen Pregnancy Center

Rep. Denny Rehberg, the Republican candidate for Senate in Montana, will donate $5,000 that he received from Todd Akin's PAC to a teen pregnancy center, Politico reports.

Rehberg got a $5,000 contribution earlier this cycle from Akin's Takin Back America PAC. That sum will now go to the Florence Crittenton Center in Helena, according to Rehberg's campaign.

The center "provides a wide variety of resources for pregnant and parenting teens and their children, as well as young families," the organization's 's website says.

Rehberg had already condemned Akin's statement Sunday night:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rehberg-gives-akin-donation-to-teen-pregnancy-center

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Rehberg Gives Akin Donation To Teen Pregnancy Center (Original Post) cal04 Aug 2012 OP
That's Walking the Talk. n/t cr8tvlde Aug 2012 #1
Smart. aquart Aug 2012 #2
Nope! Very, very stupid! Firebrand Gary Aug 2012 #3

Firebrand Gary

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3. Nope! Very, very stupid!
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 06:08 PM
Aug 2012

Now that he illuminated the fact that he donated to Akin in the first place, we know that Rehberg donated to Akins campaign knowing full well that Paul Ryan tried to redefine rape in the House.

Which brings me to ask the question, did Rehberg, as a sitting congressman vote to redefine rape along with Paul Ryan?

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