Because she's done.
The vice-chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign announced this week that, after much thought and "work on my marriage," she had left Weiner after six years of marriage—five of which were spent trying to recover from her husband's sexting scandals.
Once upon a time, Rep. Anthony Weiner was just a veteran politician with a still-bright future, a Democrat from Brooklyn, a college friend of Jon Stewart's who was trading witticisms on The Daily Show.
So, how did we get here?
2010: During his last appearance on The Daily Show before becoming a national punchline, Weiner was serving his sixth term representing New York's 9th congressional district. "I don't have a lot of marketable skills, I'm one of the jobs Obama created," he jested with Jon, who complimented Weiner's passion and work on health care reform.
2011: Does Jon Stewart look grayer to you?
May 27, 2011: At 11:35 p.m., Weiner accidentally posted a picture of his underwear-clad crotch on Twitter that was apparently intended for a direct message to a college student. He initially claimed his account had been hacked and repeated that excuse for about a week.
June 6, 2011: Unfortunate misunderstanding of how Twitter works aside, the real reveal was that Weiner, whose wife was pregnant at the time, was flirting with other women online. At a tearful news conference, he admitted at the time to having sexually explicit conversations with at least six women, but insisted he never met any of them in person.
"I don't know what I was thinking," he said. "This was a destructive thing to do. I'm apologetic for doing it." Some of the online relationships started before he was married, and some after. Abdein did not appear with him at the news conference.
Read More >>>>
No comments:
Post a Comment