Scott Brown calls for Todd Akin to drop out of Senate race

This morning, Sen. Scott Brown tweeted that Rep. Todd Akin should apologize for his “legitimate rape” comment.

I found Todd Akin’s comments about rape victims outrageous and way over the line. He needs to apologize.

— Scott P. Brown (@SenScottBrown) August 20, 2012

Apparently he’d like a little more than an apology.

Scott Brown calls on Todd Akin to resign Senate nomination. Wow. http://t.co/EO1oAR17

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) August 20, 2012

Brown is now joining other Republicans in asking the Missouri congressman to drop his bid for U.S. Senate.

As a husband and father of two young women, I found Todd Akin’s comments about women and rape outrageous, inappropriate and wrong. There is no place in our public discourse for this type of offensive thinking. Not only should he apologize, but I believe Rep. Akin’s statement was so far out of bounds that he should resign the nomination for US Senate in Missouri.