A Republican legislative leader says a Democratic lawmaker should apologize for a comment he made about rape but the Democrat says he won't.
At issue is a statement by Rep. Kenny Martinez during a March 4 committee hearing on a bill to strip the parental rights of convicted rapists that "rape is defined in many ways and some of it's just drunken college sex."
House Republican caucus chairwoman Kelly Fajardo said Martinez should apologize. She said his comment was inexcusable and belittled rape victims and survivors.
Martinez called Fajardo's statement a political stunt and that he had nothing to apologize for.
He said his comment was made during a discussion of how terminating a convicted rapist's parental rights dealt with things such as child support and adoption cases.
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