The Todd Akin campaign in Missouri has seized on Newt Gingrich’s defense of the embattled Senate hopeful on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” and is now hoping to use Gingrich to win support and money.
On “Meet the Press,” the former House Speaker defended Akin, saying that he had apologized and was the choice of the people of Missouri to run for Senate. “I think Todd Akin was the choice of the people of Missouri. I think Todd Akin has publicly apologized. And the last poll shows he’s beating the Democratic senator. I think that we oughta go on from that,” Gingrich said.
Akin took the video from the segment and put it up on his website in an attempt to raise money off of it.
Stand with
@newtgingrich by standing with us. bit.ly/QWepKW— Todd Akin (@ToddAkin) September 3, 2012
