Politics & Government

Scott Brown: Rush Limbaugh Remarks to Sandra Fluke 'Reprehensible'

"Rush Limbaugh's comments are reprehensible. He should apologize." -Scott Brown via Twitter

Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown took to Twitter today to speak out against comments Rush Limbaugh made to a woman denied the right to speak at a controversial contraception hearing Wednesday.

"Rush Limbaugh's comments are reprehensible," Brown said, via Twitter Friday afternoon. "He should apologize."

Limbaugh used a derogetory remark and referred to Sandra Fluke as a prostitute during his radio show Wednesday, according to the Huffington Post.

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"What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex -- what does that make her?" Limbaugh said. "It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute."

Brown, a Republican, joins politicans on both sides of the aisle who have condoned Limbaugh for his statements. President Barack Obama called Fluke, a law student at Georgetown, on Friday.

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