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Disgraced Democrat Anthony Weiner roasts Kamala Harris for blowing up her campaign on ‘The View'
Despite going to prison for a sex scandal involving minors, disgraced former congressman and former New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said on Friday he can still do a better job than his Democratic colleagues did in the 2024 election. During an appearance on ABC's "The View," Weiner explained that he is attempting to get back into politics by running for New York City Council because he believes, despite his baggage, that he's a better politician than current Democratic figures. He also mocked former Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing her of ruining her 2024 presidential campaign while appearing on the same show. "By the way, was this where Kamala Harris was sitting when she blew up her campaign?" he asked as soon as he took his seat between the four co-hosts. Anthony Weiner Says Voters Don't Want What 'Democrats Are Selling,' Talks About Comeback As Fiery Centrist "Is this the spot?" Weiner asked, gesturing to his chair. "I hope I don't have the same fate." Read On The Fox News App Harris told "The View" last year that there "is not a thing that comes to mind" when asked what she would have done differently than then-President Biden. The moment was widely seen as a turning point that led to the downfall of her campaign. Later in the interview, Weiner hit Harris again. He responded to co-host Joy Behar's suggestion that even though men like Weiner and President Donald Trump have problematic pasts, a woman like the former vice president still can't make it to the highest office. Though the aspiring city council member admitted female politicians are often judged harshly, he maintained that Harris made an obvious blunder in response to "The View's" "softball" question last year. "The problem is, it's a little bit too easy an answer, though, because also there were things that Kamala Harris – I made a joking reference to the answer she gave on this show: 'Is there anything you would do different?' That is the softest of softball that – every politician dreams to have that question," Weiner replied. "You still have to be a good candidate." Harris did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Tapper Admits Feeling 'Humility' About Past Biden Coverage As Liberals Disparage New Book Weiner left Congress in 2011 following a photo of the married then-congressman leaking on one of his social media accounts. Additional sex scandals mounted in the following years, culminating in an FBI investigation that led to Weiner serving 21 months in prison and registering as a sex offender after sending sexually explicit images to a minor. After his dig toward Harris at the top of the segment, Behar pressed Weiner on why he believes he can get back into politics considering his scandal-plagued background. The aspiring city councilman said it's because he believes he's a better politician than many current Democratic lawmakers. "I think what I said at the time was I couldn't imagine there would ever be a chance that either people would want me back or that I would want to get back into that again," he replied. "But when I woke up in November of '24 and saw the election results, but more than who won, I looked around New York City and saw how many fewer Democrats even turned out to vote. And I started to say to myself, 'Something is seriously wrong here.'" Weiner said too many Democratic candidates were running "frictionless" campaigns and playing it too safe. He told the co-hosts that he felt compelled to jump back into politics because his contemporaries were not answering the public's "cry that they wanted things to change." He added that his past was not a "good enough reason… not to get off the couch and try." Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Co-host Ana Navarro pressed him on his specific scandals, asking, "Why should New Yorkers give you a chance at a political comeback?" He replied, "I'm doing the opposite of what a lot of politicians do in my position – ignore that problem, pretend it didn't happen, blame someone else. I am saying, yes, I did these things. I got into recovery. I tried to make my life better. And now, if I can be of service – and I'm a damn good politician. I come up with answers, I talk to people directly, I don't try to butter over things, I try to be direct." "Look, all I can ever be is who I am right now and that brought me to this space," Weiner article source: Disgraced Democrat Anthony Weiner roasts Kamala Harris for blowing up her campaign on 'The View'
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John Wilkes Booth takes center stage in ‘Mad Men' creator's new play
(NewsNation) — 'Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner's directorial play debut puts one of America's most notorious killers in the spotlight. 'John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only,' brought to life with the help of producer Ken-Matt Martin, centers on the man who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln. Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist takes plea deal in fatal crash: report 'We learn a lot from studying our villains,' Weiner told NewsNation. 'And the thing that really got to me is how much we live in the shadow of his act.' Examining infamous figures 'tells us more about who we are as a country than it does just looking at our heroes,' Martin said. Booth, a Baltimore native, was 26 at the time of Lincoln's assassination. When asked about the parallels between Booth and Luigi Mangione — who is accused of killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — Martin and Weiner emphasized the importance of interrogating violence's place in American history. Mangione is also from Maryland and was 26 years old when Thompson was killed. 'The thing that I think is at the core of why it's important for us to be producing and looking at, it's not to glorify, but it's actually to better understand and contextualize why people do the things that they do,' Martin said. Chrisleys set to make TV comeback after Trump pardons Weiner echoed that sentiment. 'America is proud of its anti-authority nature,' he said.' But the reality is most of the changes that have happened in this country eventually come into the hands of violence. It is part of, unfortunately, the way this country was born, and it's part of our mythology.' 'This is a challenging thought to open your mind to,' Weiner continued. 'The idea that there is something particular to America that produces people like this, and that we live in their destruction, and that we need to understand them so that we can move beyond this.' The play will run from May 15 to June 15 at Baltimore Center Stage. It is recommended for audiences 14 and older. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Ana Navarro grills controversial politician Anthony Weiner about being a registered sex offender live on 'The View'
Controversial politician Anthony Weiner appeared on The View as he runs for office. Ana Navarro grilled him on being a sex offender after he transferred obscene material to a minor. In an email, Weiner tells EW Navarro asked "tough but totally fair questions" about his View cohost Ana Navarro turned up the heat on controversial politician and former congressman Anthony Weiner, as the Republican commentator grilled him about his status as a registered sex offender during his attempted comeback in New York City politics. After fielding a few other talking points at the top of his interview, Navarro dove into Weiner's numerous headline-making incidents over the years, which she laid out in full at the top of her question for the current New York City council candidate who was previously imprisoned over "illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl," the Associated Press reported in 2019. "Let's talk about some of these giant scandals. You've had numerous of them," Navarro began. "You resigned from Congress in 2011 over a sexting scandal. Two years later, you stepped down from the mayoral race after sexting again under the alias Carlos Danger. Then, in 2016, you sent lewd texts to a minor and served 15 months in prison, in addition to becoming a registered sex offender." Navarro eventually got to her question, looking toward Weiner as she asked, "With all that said, why do you think, or why should New Yorkers give you a chance at a political comeback?" Weiner answered by acknowledging that "all of that happened," before saying, "I accept responsibility for it." He stressed that he wouldn't label himself as "a victim" of political persecution, but added, "I was dealing with very serious problems, I was dealing with what I now understand to be addiction." Weiner continued, "I accept it. I didn't ask for a trial, I pled guilty, served my time in prison, served in a halfway house, served probation, went to try to do good work for the formerly incarcerated. I guess what I'm saying to people is, maybe don't vote for me in spite of what they know about me, but maybe consider that journey, that idea that we all go through things and we come out the other side." The 60-year-old, who's classified as a low-tier offender, doesn't appear in public searches on New York City's sex offender registry as a result, also invoked a Catholic ideology. He summarized it as, "you suffer for a reason so you can be of service at the other end." Weiner also noted that he's "doing the opposite of what a lot of politicians do" in similar situations. "[They] ignore that problem, pretend it didn't happen, blame someone else," he observed. "I'm saying, yes, I did these things. I got into recovery, I tried to make my life better. Now, if I can be of service — and I'm a damn good politician — I come up with answers, I talk to people directly, I don't try to butter over things, I try to be direct. Why shouldn't I? If it's just because I have bad things in my past, that's not a good enough reason. All I can ever be is who I am right now, and that brought me to this space." The View audience applauded Weiner's words before the conversation shifted to other topics. In an email to Entertainment Weekly following the interview, Weiner says Navarro's inquiry included "tough but totally fair questions" on the air. "I was convicted of an obscenity crime that usually doesn't result in registry requirements. But, I accepted it as part of my guilty plea and as part of my commitment to acceptance of responsibility," Weiner continues of the legal development, which he says also involves "no restrictions of any sort on movements and not Later on The View, Joy Behar asked Weiner about sexism in politics. He then brought the topic back to his marriage to ex-wife Huma Abedin from 2010 to 2017, after he began a relationship with her while she worked for Hillary Clinton at the State Department and was later heavily involved in Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign."She's amazing" Weiner observed of Abedin, before highlighting what he felt were unfair expectations for women in politics. "I would watch the standard, we had our courtship during the 2008 campaign, so I was right there up close to watch. The standards that women have to live up to, everything from what they wear to how they talk to the intonation to the inflection. The number of times I heard someone comment about Hillary Clinton's laugh.... I think there is something to [your point]." As Navarro noted on The View, Weiner previously attempted a political comeback in a bid to become mayor of New York City in 2013 — a move camera crews documented for the 2016 documentary Weiner. The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
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‘The View' Hosts Bluntly Ask About – and Poke Fun at – Anthony Weiner's Sex Scandals Directly to Him
Former congressman and convicted sex offender Anthony Weiner stopped by 'The View' on Friday morning, and while he was there, the ABC hosts pulled no punches when it came to addressing his past scandals. To introduce the man, moderator Joy Behar (Whoopi Goldberg does not appear on the show on Fridays) reminded the audience of his 'series of, shall we say, sexting scandals' and then wryly asked the audience to 'please welcome the very contrite Anthony Weiner.' When Behar asked if 'contrite' was the right adjective, Weiner agreed but immediately took the opportunity to swipe at a past political interview on the show. 'Yeah. By the way, was this where Kamala Harris was sitting when she blew up her campaign?' Weiner quipped. 'Was this the spot? I hope I don't have the same fate.' "I got into recovery. I tried to make my life better. And now if I can be of service and I'm a damn good politician."Former Congressman Anthony Weiner discusses his run for New York City Council and addresses his sexting scandals that forced him to resign from office. — The View (@TheView) May 30, 2025 The hosts laughed and conceded that it was indeed where the former vice president was sitting, before launching properly into the interview. But, as she started her question, Behar trailed off, chuckling at the circumstances. 'So Anthony, when you got out of the hoosegow, um — ' she said 'Yeah, great, just make fun of that,' he said with a smile. Weiner willingly talked of his scandals though, eventually prompting Behar to note that he's a good politician and has a knack for talking to people, and admitting that 'I was very unhappy that you got yourself into hot water.' The former congressman argued that his success came from talking to a wide swath of voters, and not just sticking to media appearances where he knew he would have friendly journalists. But he also took the opportunity to point out that he never came on 'The View.' 'I would go on Fox News, I would go on 'The View' and take tough questions — I mean, I didn't, I never got invited to 'The View.' I had to have a giant scandal to get invited to 'The View,'' Weiner joked. The women didn't let him off the hook though. When it came time for her question, host Ana Navarro teed things up bluntly, saying 'Let's talk about some of these giant scandals. You've had numerous of them.' She then proceeded to list each one, which included sending nude photos via social media and sexting multiple women while he was married, including one minor. 'So with all that said, why do you think, or why should New Yorkers give you a chance at a political comeback?' Navarro asked. Weiner argued that people should not vote for him in spite of what he's done, but rather consider it in the whole picture, and remember that he owned up to each of his scandals and served his time. Eventually, host Sara Haines asked if voters would even be able to trust that, if he were to have a sex scandal again — Weiner says he is an addict — he would be able to 'own up to it without having to be 'caught.'' Finally, Behar admitted that while Weiner is charismatic and makes good points, she couldn't help but wonder why he and other disgraced male politicians remain frontrunners. 'Why is it that two qualified women could not beat all of you guys?' she asked. 'These women can never beat you. They're more qualified that almost anybody on that list, including you, I'm sorry.' To that, Weiner conceded that women are judged more harshly than men. You can watch part of Anthony Weiner's appearance on 'The View' in the video above. The post 'The View' Hosts Bluntly Ask About – and Poke Fun at – Anthony Weiner's Sex Scandals Directly to Him | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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Anthony Weiner discusses sexting scandal while attempting political comeback, says 'women are crazy about me'
Anthony Weiner, the disgraced ex-congressman seeking to return to politics as a member of New York's City Council, quipped during an interview that "women are crazy about me" despite going to prison and being required to register as a sex offender. "Oh for sure, for sure, my god, they're crazy about me. Women are crazy about me," Weiner said when comedian and podcaster Adam Friedland asked if the power politicians wield makes them more attractive to the opposite sex. Weiner's sexting saga began more than a decade ago after a lewd photo of the married congressman in his underwear was posted to one of Weiner's public social media accounts. That initial photo set off a series of events, including his widely publicized departure from Congress in 2011, additional sexting scandals and an FBI investigation that resulted in Weiner serving 21 months in prison and registering as a sex offender for sending sexually explicit images to a minor. Former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, Convicted Of Illicit Contact With Minor, Files To Run For Nyc Council Weiner appeared Wednesday on a YouTube-based show hosted by Friedland, during which the podcaster suggested Weiner's sexting scandal wouldn't even break the "top 100" news stories of the year in 2025. Read On The Fox News App Weiner agreed, adding "it was a relatively slow news period" at the time. He also said his name was part of the reason it gained so much publicity. "I'm a guy named Weiner who tweeted out a picture of his d---," he said. Friedland pointed to what he suggested was a lack of coverage about accusations against former GOP Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who was accused last year of engaging in sex with a minor. Gaetz has denied the accusations. Anthony Weiner Says Voters Don't Want What 'Democrats Are Selling,' Talks About Comeback As Fiery Centrist "Right, and if his name was Matt Kidf---er then the story would have," Weiner said, before Friedland interjected. "No, that's not true," Friedland said. "Think about it this way. If it was today, it would be a 48-hour news cycle, and it would be forgotten." Weiner challenged Friedland's theory, telling him it was not a novel idea to think technology played a role in making his sexting scandal so widely publicized. "Let's move off of this one, not terribly novel idea that technology played a part," Weiner said. Weiner and Friedland continued discussing the sexting scandal, including the potential domino effect it played in relation to James Comey's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server. During the FBI's investigation of Weiner's alleged sexual crimes against a minor, officials reportedly came across emails that prompted FBI Director Comey to reopen an investigation into Clinton's use of the email server. Other topics included how Weiner frequently gets mistaken for another sex scandal-plagued New York politician, Eliot Spitzer, how he stayed safe in prison, what it was like having to register as a sex offender and his relationships with other New York Democrats. Weiner is running in the Democratic primary to represent Manhattan's East Side District 2. Original article source: Anthony Weiner discusses sexting scandal while attempting political comeback, says 'women are crazy about me'
