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RNC Chair: “We’re Not Going To Play In Missouri With Todd Akin”

Todd and Lulli Akin

The embattled Missouri politician who caused an uproar over his “legitimate rape” comments is getting no new support from Republican party leaders before an important deadline.

On ABC’s “This Week,” Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus repeated he will not support Todd Akin’s campaign.

“We’re not going to play in Missouri with Todd Akin, I can tell you that,” Priebus said. “It is yet to be scene if he stays in or not.”

Akin can get a court order to have his name removed from the ballot, as long as he does it by Tuesday. National funding to Akin’s U.S. Senate campaign was cut almost immediately after he questioned whether a woman can get pregnant after a rape.

Akin has vowed to stay in the race.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will be in suburban St. Louis on Monday at a fundraiser and news conference in support of Akin’s campaign.

They are scheduled to appear at a $500-per-person, or $750-per-couple, fundraiser. They’ll also speak at a late-morning news conference in Kirkwood.

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