actions and poor judgment in his reaction to the revelations. today, he made the right decision in resigning. i pray for him and his family and wish him well. democratic congressional campaign committee chairman steve israel said that anthony s decision is right for him to resign, for his family, our party, and our country because we have serious work to do in congress. last week republican leaders introduced a bill to privatize social security, and the american people deserve an undistracted debate on it, medicare, jobs and other important issues. and andrew brightbart, whose website biggovernment.com broke the original story said this. this could have ended two weeks ago by admitting it. instead, he went down a path of evasion and blaming others for his mistake. so i don t look at this as a sexting scandal. i look at it as a cover-up of this and showing that this man s metal is not particularly great. he is not a truth teller.
ginger t-shirts on the sidewalks of new york. this became a feeding frenzy, and that s one of the problems for anthony weiner. not only did he deny it, which lengthened the media story, but every day there was someone else, and another tweet pic and another sext message. and the agony of anthony weiner was prolonged. we have gone beyond surreal when the porn star s statement is more dignified than the resigning congressman s statement. yes. but to andrew brightbart s point, his final line in his thing he said today. i think it was the lies that brought him down. he said that i think he could have survived tweeting some of these pictures. but i think it was the lies that brought him down. is that the conventional wisdom? is that the truth? is that what we think this really is? it s certainly a part of it. i think he would would have had more of a fighting chance. but if he had come out in the beginning and said, look, i did this. here s what you re going to see
thank you. and good afternoon. reaction to the weiner resignation came immediately. house democratic leader nancy pelosi, who called for the congressman s resignation on saturday said congressman weiner exercised poor judgment in his actions and poor judgment in his reaction to the revelations. today, he made the right decision in resigning. i pray for him and his family and wish him well. democratic congressional campaign committee chairman steve israel said that anthony s decision is right for him to resign, for his family, our party, and our country because we have serious work to do in congress. last week republican leaders introduced a bill to privatize social security, and the american people deserve an undistracted debate on it, medicare, jobs and other important issues. and andrew brightbart, whose website biggovernment.com broke the original story said this. this could have ended two
congressman s resignation on said, said congressman weiner exercised poor judgment in his actions and poor judgment in his reaction to the revelations. today, he made the right decision in resigning. i pray for him and his family and wish him well. democratic congressional campaign committee chairman steve israel said that anthony s decision is right for him to resign, for his family, our party, and our country because we have serious work to do in congress. last week republican leaders introduced a bill to privatize social security, and the american people deserve an undistracted debate on it, medicare, jobs and other important issues. and andrew brightbart, whose website biggovernment.com broke the original story said this. this could have ended two weeks ago by admitting it. instead, he went down a path of evasion and blaming others for his mistake. so i don t look at this as a sexting scandal. i look at it as a cover-up of this and showing that this man s metal is not particula
resources. outside of the ethics committee process, the next few days will be absolutely critical as we see whether there are calls for his resignation, whether that gains momentum. bill: thank you for that. karl rove reacts to this in about an hour, too. alisyn: the press conference was so bizarre, on so many levels, including this one, before anthony weiner even got to the podium, conservative blogger andrew brightbart grabbed a microphone and telling the crowd he felt vindicated. he said he was looking for an apology from weiner for his blame the messenger strategy. i can t imagine a more humiliating thing to have to do than that press conference. he made his bed, he s going to have to lie in it. alisyn: and breitbart got that apology which he says he accepts. he thinks there should be an investigation saying there are ramifications or should be for falsely claiming that other people are doing