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Activists have thrown a spotlight on past comments made about rape by prominent anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans.

An online post from left-wing outlet Occupy Democrats revealed the comments made by six officials over the years, apparently justifying or downplaying the rape of women and girls in the US.

The post on Facebook and Instagram included quotes from Clayton Williams, Todd Akin, Rick Santorum, Richard Mourdock, Jodie Laubenberg and Lawrence Lockman.

Fact-checked by Snopes , the quotes included Todd Akin (R-MO) saying: “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that thing down.”

Santorum, a notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ former US senator, was quoted as s

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