Lawmaker Tries to Walk Back ‘Consensual Rapes’ Comment
Just another day in red state Trumpmerica:
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state lawmaker said he misspoke on the House floor Friday when he referred to “consensual rapes” during a highly charged debate on a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks , including in cases of rape and incest
Republican Rep. Barry Hovis said in the chamber Friday that most of the sexual assaults he handled before retiring from law enforcement weren’t strangers “jumping out of the bushes.”
“That was one, two times out of 100,” he said. “Most of them were date rapes or consensual rapes, which were all terrible.”
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