Disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner faced a cool reception from even some of his closest allies in Congress on Tuesday as he clinged to a once-promising political career.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of the Democratic leadership voiced their disappointment in Weiner and pointedly urged the House ethics committee to launch an investigation to determine if the outspoken New York Democrat broke House rules. Their calls came shortly after the married Weiner’s profuse public apology for "inappropriate" online exchanges with six women.
The extraordinary confession at a packed Manhattan news conference was a remarkable turn of events for the brash Weiner, who conceded to a "hugely regrettable" lapse in judgment.
The news conference, unusually blunt even by New York standards, went on nearly half an hour and capped a week of double-entendre, tabloid-headlines and late-night jokesters’ snide comments.
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– With files from The Associated Press
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