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July 25, 2013

Weiner Rebuffs Calls to Drop Out of New York Race After More Messages Emerge 
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New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is refusing calls to abandon
his campaign after admitting he sent more sexually charged internet
messages well after his resignation from Congress in 2011. Weiner
stepped down after initially lying to the public about explicit phone
and internet contact with six women he met online. On Tuesday, Weiner
appeared with his wife Huma Abedin after a gossip website published
sexual messages he apparently sent to a young woman one year after he
left Congress.

Anthony Weiner: "I accept the responsibility with having these
conversations with these people whom I never met. With exchanging
inappropriate things in the context of our marriage and that was a
mistake and I bear responsibility for that. That is behind me and we're
trying to move forward. And we recognize it's not going to be easy. We
knew at the moment we got into this race that it wasn't going to be easy
but I believe this is an important thing to be doing."

The newly-surfaced messages show Weiner used the pseudonym "Carlos
Danger" to communicate with the woman involved. The revelations have
sparked new calls for him to bow out of the race because they show he
continued sending the messages long after he previously said he sought
help to change his ways.

 

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