Todd Akin won't attend the conservative conference. Report: Akin skipping FRC summit

Rep. Todd Akin is no longer expected to attend the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit on Friday, sparing scheduled speaker Rep. Paul Ryan any potential awkwardness.

Akin spokesman Ryan Hite told Talking Points Memo that the Missouri senate candidate would not attend the conservative conference, despite FRC president Tony Perkins’ assertion otherwise to reporters earlier Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.


“There was some discussion about [Akin going],” Hite told TPM. “But I don’t think there’s any plan for him to be there.”

Akin has faced intense pressure from Democrats and Republicans alike to withdraw his candidacy since his widely discredit remarks about a woman’s body preventing pregnancy in cases of “ legitimate rape.”

Ryan reportedly called Akin to encourage him to drop out. The GOP vice presidential nominee is scheduled to speak at the summit on Friday.

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