“I think that he’s a moron and he proves that stupid has no specific political affiliation. I have no idea what goes into the mind of a moron like that… These kinds of comments only come from a moron and they shouldn’t be tolerated one bit.”
— Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez (R), quoted by ABC News, on Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) claiming that few women who are raped end up pregnant.
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