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In 2014, Rove was a big backer of Scott Brown, who then lost despite the conservative sweep in other states, including next door in Maine.
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|Karl Rove engaged in demagoguery against Akin by falsely pretending that Akin was drawing a distinction between "legitimate rape" and "illegitimate rape": "After those damaging statements, I mean to try and differentiate between what’s a legitimate rape and an illegitimate rape and believing somehow that a woman’s body would reject a pregnancy if it was an illegitimate rape … These were reprehensible and deplorable comments." <ref>[http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/08/21/karl-rove-rep-akin-should-leave-race-after-deplorable-comments/]</ref>  Rove's [[American Crossroads]] relies on funding from [[Las Vegas]] casino owners, and Karl Rove evidently cares more about money for his (ineffective) [[Super PAC]] than [[pro-life]] values.  More than six months later, Rove was still muttering that Akin's pro-life comment was somehow "reprehensible".<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/288633-rove-hits-back-after-palins-cpac-criticism-</ref>
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|Karl Rove engaged in demagoguery against Akin by falsely pretending that Akin was drawing a distinction between "legitimate rape" and "illegitimate rape": "After those damaging statements, I mean to try and differentiate between what’s a legitimate rape and an illegitimate rape and believing somehow that a woman’s body would reject a pregnancy if it was an illegitimate rape … These were reprehensible and deplorable comments." <ref>[http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/08/21/karl-rove-rep-akin-should-leave-race-after-deplorable-comments/]</ref>  Rove's [[American Crossroads]] relies on funding from [[Las Vegas]] casino owners, and Karl Rove evidently cares more about money for his (ineffective) [[Super PAC]] than [[pro-life]] values.  More than six months later, Rove was still muttering that Akin's pro-life comment was somehow "reprehensible".<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/288633-rove-hits-back-after-palins-cpac-criticism-</ref> In 2014, Rove was a big backer of [[Scott Brown]], who then lost despite the [[conservative]] sweep in other states, including next door in Maine.
 
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