A day after Josh Duggar apologized amid allegations he molested five underage girls, including his own sisters, while a teenager, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee criticized those “trying to sensationalize the story.â€
“Josh’s actions when he was an underage teen are as he described them himself, ‘inexcusable,’ but that doesn’t mean ‘unforgivable,’†Huckabee said in a statement posted on Facebook Friday.
“He and his family dealt with it and were honest and open about it with the victims and the authorities.†Huckabee said the “blood-thirsty†media sensationalized the story.
Huckabee, a Baptist minister whose candidacy for president has received the endorsement of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, said “good people make mistakes and do regrettable and even disgusting things.â€...