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Embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner’s behavior “crossed the threshold” that requires him to resign, Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said Sunday. Her call was echoed by Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, the second-ranking Democrat in the House.
The renewed push from top Democrats for Weiner’s resignation came as the Web site TMZ released photos that the Brooklyn Democrat took of himself posing in the congressional gym in the basement of the Rayburn House Office Building. TMZ said Weiner, whose wife is a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had sent the photos to one of the women with whom he had exchanged sexual messages via the Internet.
Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Wasserman-Schultz said that when Weiner’s cybersex scandal first made headlines two weeks ago, her party’s leaders had tried to give the New York Democrat “breathing room” in the hope that Weiner would “do the right thing, make a decision, reach the conclusion that he needed to step back, and step down on his own.” Hoyer, appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation, said Weiner cannot “effectively proceed” as a member of Congress.
On Saturday, Wasserman-Schultz joined House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign committee, in calling for Weiner to resign. The congressman admitted at a June 6 press conference that he sent graphic messages, including lewd photos, to women with whom he had what he called “online relationships.”
Friday, Weiner admitted he had also engaged in private communications with a 17-year-old Delaware girl, although he said those messages were “neither explicit nor indecent.” Delaware police, who questioned the girl and her parents Friday, have said their investigation found no evidence of criminal behavior by the congressman.
Weiner has asked for a leave of absence from Congress, saying he will seek “treatment” for his problems. Congress reconvenes Monday from a weeklong recess.
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Oldefarte| 6.12.11 @ 11:13AM
Maybe he should have sent those video images to Debbie Downer and Nancy the Hun instead [or maybe he didn't, and that's why they're calling for him to resign]!!!!!
Big White Guy| 6.12.11 @ 11:46AM
Uh Oh !
Hide The Weiner.
Real American| 6.12.11 @ 12:56PM
He LITERALLY crossed the line!
J.C.Eaton| 6.12.11 @ 2:16PM
What an utter clown!
W| 6.12.11 @ 3:27PM
Why should the Weiner resign, his conduct is not worse than Bill Clinton. Applying the Clinton standard, it is only sex, verbal here unlike Clinton, and does not affect the Weiner job performance. Weiner is still a left wing loon as he was before we knew about these incidents, nothing has changed. He should stay.
Poiu Ytrew| 6.12.11 @ 3:29PM
He should resign for being such an idiot. Texting photos? Then lying about it?
Why couldn't he have hired prostitutes like Vitter, indulged in a little diaper fetish, lied about it for several years and then only admit it when he got caught? Then there would be no reason for him to resign.
Or he could have had an affair with the wife of an aide, break federal laws in trying to cover it up, then stay in office until just days before the Ethics Committee would have begun hearings for his expulsion. Ensign even had fellow Republicans such as Coburn trying to help negotiate a deal with the mistress's husband to make the problem go away. If Wiener had done something like that he could have stayed in office for years, resigning just days before the Ethics committee was about to begin hearings to expel him, and walk away facing nothing more than an FBI investigation into criminal violations associated with the attempted coverup.
SoCon| 6.12.11 @ 10:53PM
Barney Frank's boytoy ran a homosexual prostitution ring from Barney's basement and Barney boy's still in Congress. Seems your outrage is selective, troll.
Clinton was impeached for his disgusting behavior in the Oval Office and you immoral morons worship the ground he walks on.
Please don't lecture us.
JimH| 6.13.11 @ 8:10AM
Technically, I think he was impeached for lying about it.
NoLib| 6.13.11 @ 5:43PM
True, but he should have been run out of town on a rail for his disgusting sexual antics in the White House. What a pig.
PattyMor| 6.12.11 @ 4:50PM
Well its obvious that support for Rep. Weiner is shrinking rapidly. When Miss Nancy says to cut it off, he's done.
Mike| 6.12.11 @ 6:23PM
Too bad the GOP leadership was less forceful in insisting on Vitter and Ensign's resignation.
Know why Gingrich's staff really resigned? They couldn't put enough distance fast enough between themselves and Gingrich's truth about Ryan's plan to end Medicare. Wanting to avoid re-education camp and to continue being employed, they bolted.
Callista and the trip: convenient cover.
SoCon| 6.12.11 @ 10:55PM
Looks like Weiner's weiner-wang fan club is out and about defending him today.
Michael L. Hauschild| 6.12.11 @ 7:09PM
This is real. I blocked out the particulars simple so it would not apperar here as and "ad."
A toy company known for producing action figures of US political figures has started advertising its latest addition, the Anthony Weiner doll. ************is offering two versions of the doll modelled after the New York Democrat who shot to fame around the world last week after admitting to having sent a lewd photo of his crotch to a Seattle college student on Twitter. The Weiner doll comes as a standard doll for ******* and an adults-only "anatomically correct" version for *********. Both figures are dressed in a T-shirt and gym shorts — with the words "tweet this" printed
SoCon| 6.12.11 @ 10:57PM
Haha! Maybe the DNC is marketing this Weiner doll to fill up their campaign coffers!
Mike| 6.12.11 @ 9:11PM
The GOP plan for creating jobs? Why didn't they create Vitter and Ensign dolls?
Hypocrisy alert!
SoCon| 6.12.11 @ 10:59PM
The Obama Economy: 57,000 jobs created in May, 2012--1/2 of those jobs were McDonald's hires. Obama's a nightmare.
SoCon| 6.12.11 @ 11:18PM
54,000 jobs in May--even worse than I thought!
Clint| 6.12.11 @ 10:20PM
"Government data showing a meager jobs gain of 54,000 in May and a rise in the unemployment rate to 9.1 percent from 9 percent a month earlier confirmed fears that the pace of economic growth was slackening. No president has been re-elected since Franklin Roosevent when unemployment was above 7.2 percent."
Nobama| 6.13.11 @ 1:21AM
That's bad news for Obama ... but he could still pull off a win thanks to the help of the lamestream media UNLESS we pick a qualified candidate to run against him. A RINO like Romney cannot win, and neither can someone as bland as Pawlenty, or someone as unexperienced as Cain.
Really there's nobody with the name recognition and experience and media savvy and pure charisma of Palin. Nobody can deny that she's the real deal. Democrats are afraid of her and so are the elite Republican RINOs who know she wouldn't play their game.
At least we can be sure that if she does get the nomination she'll pick a solid running mate, one with experience and unquestionable credentials as a social conservative. Bachmann would be ideal!
SoCon| 6.13.11 @ 2:15AM
Palin/West 2012!!
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