New Hampshire State Rep. Peter Hansen (R) told the Concord Monitor that he was just trying to emphasize a point when he used “vagina” as a synonym for “woman” in an email to the full House earlier this month.
Hansen wrote an email to his colleagues arguing that “children and vagina’s” were missing from a fellow representative’s anecdotes during the debate over whether to repeal New Hampshire’s 2011 “stand your ground” law.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
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