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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) spoke out against Rush Limbaugh‘s for calling Georgetown Law student, Sandra Fluke, a “slut.”

He said the remarks were “inappropriate.”

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Limbaugh claimed that women such as Fluke, who advocated for birth control to be provided by employers, should post online videos of themselves having sex and said he would pay for them to rub aspirin between their knees.

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Over 100,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Republican leaders to denounce Limbaugh after his sexist comments.

The Huffington Post reports:

“The speaker obviously believes the use of those words was inappropriate, as is trying to raise money off the situation,” said Boehner spokesman Michael Steel in a statement. House Democrats have raised $1.1 million off the “War on Women” campaign.

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