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On Monday (June 6), Rep. Anthony Weiner reversed his previous denials about a photo of his nude crotch that he had allegedly sent to a 21-year-old Seattle woman. Weiner had previously claimed the photo was sent by a hacker. "Last Friday night I tweeted a photo of myself that I intended to send as a direct message to a woman in Seattle," said the New York Democrat who serves in the House of Representatives in an afternoon press conference.
"The picture was of me and I sent it," he added. "I'm deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife, my family, my constituents, supporters and staff."
Weiner also admitted to engaging in "several inappropriate communications with women online" both before and after he married wife Huma Abedin, herself a longtime aide of Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Abedin did not appear with Weiner at the press conference, but when asked by reporters Weiner said the couple would not be getting a divorce.
"I love my wife very much and we have no intention of splitting up over this. We have been through a great deal together and we will weather this."
Weiner claimed he did not engage in physical relationships with any of the women and that he's never had sex outside his marriage.
He also added that he would not be resigning his seat in the House of Representatives and extended an apology to right wing blogger Andrew Breitbart, who he had accused of leaking the photos online.
When asked about new photos that surfaced on Monday, Weiner conceded that they could in fact be of him since he sent pictures of himself to several women.
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What a lying rat this guy is...oust him out now and hoping he gets charged for sending those lewd photos!
So I guess it's OK for Republican Congressman Vitter to solicit prostitutes NUMEROUS times and lie about it and still remain in congress...
Lying about prostitues OK
Lying about inappropriate tweets Not OK
Yeah that makes sense...
SERIOUSLY these people should just do the JOB they were sent to Washington to do !
And show some respect while they are there.
Leave him alone. Who hasn't posted a tweet to the public by accident. He's good at his job. Didn't do anything illegal. What he did was more foolish than anything.
That's the best headline you could come up with. Come on! This is comedy gold.
"Weiner can't keep it covered up any more. Spills everything to the press."
"Who hasn't posted a tweet to the public by accident?"
Everyone not on Twitter.
"He's good at his job."
If being good at your job includes being an admitted liar with poor judgment. Yes, then he's great at it.
"Didn't do anything illegal."
If some of the women were underage? How about unethical? Shouldn't there be an investigation first before reaching that conclusion?
Weiner is such a huge supporter of Israel that he married a muslim, makes sexual jokes about Jewish girls and stands with Obama in demanding Israel commit suicide with the 1967 borders.
Weiner is such a huge supporter of Israel that he married a muslim, makes sexual jokes about Jewish girls and stands with Obama in demanding Israel commit suicide with the 1967 borders.
What an idiotic fool. I agree with much of Congressman Weiner's politics, but he used shockingly poor judgement here. and arrogance to boot!
p.s. @ Party: Obama did not say the 1967 border, he said those borders PLUS swaps. DUH.
This guy is one of the arrogant, egotistical jerks in power today. He speaks to the press and the people like he is so far above us all. I say "welcome to the real world, now resign and go away." He's proved to everyone that he's a flat out liar. It's time for him to go away.