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All of those senate candidates were defeated except of course for rand paul. but that was not a 2010 fluke. that was not a flash in the pan from that very conservative election year. turns out that was the direction of the new normal and republican party politics. since then, republicans in states all across the country, alabama, idaho, indiana, kansas, nebraska, oklahoma, louisiana, georgia, arizona, have all changed state laws to crack down on rape victims. not on rapists, on rape victims. and...

Course, for rand paul. but that was not a 2010 fluke. that was not a flash in the pan from that very conservative election year. turns out that was the direction of the new normal and republican party politics. since then, republicans in states all across the country, alabama, idaho, indiana, kansas, nebraska, oklahoma, louisiana, georgia, arizona, have all changed state laws to crack down on rape victims. not on rapists. on rape victims and incest victims. stripping the immunity they have tradi...

>> those people didnt apologize. i am stuck on the fact, why are you saying it if you cant defend it. it drives me insane. >> to be fair, dice clay said it but he was the worse. he was an awful man. i think i agree with you in the sense that i like what jessica said earlier where she paraphase you used this as a defense mechanism to take down the bigger guy. suddenly the bullies are invading our nerd space and they are using our tool. >> bullies in nerd land. >> thats right. they are using our t...

In iowa, they passed a measure to repeal the provision that allow medicaid funds to be used. it was a tie vote. a tie vote to block poor women who are the victims of rape or incest, singh ling them out from having access to abortion. its a targeted bill to go after rape victims and invest victims to make sure they dont get something they might otherwise get. this is whats going on in republican politics right now around womens rights and abortion rights and the proper role of government. not to ...

Role of government. not to put too fine a point on it, but you have to ask is there a problem the republicans are trying to address? have rape victims just been coddled too much? have rape victims had it too easy in america? have they not had enough of other people doing things to their bodies that they dont want them to do? is that a pressing problem that is calling for republican legislative intervention? theyre cracking down. theyre not cracking down on rape and incest. they are cracking down...

Back and forth so much. its a little shocking. it has been an issue. the governor amended mandatory ultrasound bill in virginia. he had an opportunity to let his views be known. he did not build an exception into that bill. that was a democratic legislature who put an amendment on to the bill to give an exception for rape victims. he has been consistent on that that he only believes if life of the mother. its a little disheartening to seeç him flip and say rape and incest because it leaves vir...

Im not scared. i dont have crimes that i havent been convicted of. i dont have rape victims who are going to go, hey, thats the guy who got me. i dont mind being videotaped, dumb ass. >> on the yard, a comment like that could get you killed, so the inmates out here segregate themselves by race, ready to protect their own at any cost. >> theres always tension between some of the races. at any moment the whole flood of 30 or 40 guys could come rushing over to this side of the yard, just to attack ...

Protest the bill. and in a huge turn around late this afternoon, governor mcdonnell blinked. and he retreated. his statement read, quote, no woman in virginia will have to undergo an invasive ultrasound involuntarily. and only an external ultrasound will be required. but lets be clear. this is a victory. the outcry against this radical bill forced governor mcdonnell who wants to become the gop vice presidential pick. it forced him to walk it back. but mcdonnells bill, which he reportedly wrote h...

Said. mississippi, not by any stretch known for progressive voters. they even rejected it by 16 points last year. but terry, all four remaining republican candidates back personhood. every one of them say they back the bill. >> yeah, and thats even though the personhood -- this is what the personhood bill would do. it would criminalize all abortion. it would criminalize the termination of pregnancies that result from incest, pregnancies that result from rape, pregnancies that make women very ill...

>> robert traynham has a question for you. >> it appears romney care, the contraceptive issue was a main issue. also the morning after pill was required when he was governor. assuming -- >> for rape victims. >> right. assuming he is the republican nominee, which appears he probably will be, do you think he could be the conservative standard bearer going into the fall, romney care versus obama care? is that something you could support, meaning him being the nominee? >> robert, you point out a ver...