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Weiner Hangs It Up
 
  by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/16/11 11:03 am | updated: 06/16/11 11:03 am
 
Embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner makes history this week. He becomes the first Congressman whose career was wrecked by indiscretions on Twitter.

Weiner, who mistakenly tweeted a photo of his underwear-clad erection last month and then lied to cover it up, has been under escalating pressure to quit as one embarrassing revelation after another came to light.

Most of the House leadership had already called for his resignation, and President Obama made a similar suggestion in an interview Tuesday.

Also, former porn actress Ginger Lee, who had exchanged emails and messages with Weiner, held a bizarre press conference in which she claimed he had urged her to lie about their communication.

For many, Weiner's resignation during a Thursday afternoon press conference couldn't come soon enough.

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Congressional leaders had been slated to meet Thursday to hash out a strategy regarding Weiner's fate.

A day after Obama's interview, Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, returned from a weeklong trip to Africa with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The congressman had already announced he would be taking a two-week leave from the House for rehab. The combination of family pressure and personal embarrassment apparently became too big a hurdle to overcome. It was recently reported that Abedin is pregnant with the pair's first child.
 
 
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