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Weiner resigns amid cheers and jeers

The congressman’s tenure in the House of Representatives ended not with a bang or whimper, but instead another bizarre press conference.

By {/%BYLINE%} {%AUTHOR%}Michael Sebastian{/%AUTHOR%} {%TITLE%}Weiner resigns amid cheers, jeers{/%TITLE%} {%ALTERNATIVEURL%}{/%ALTERNATIVEURL%} {%IMAGE%}/Uploads/Public/Weiner-press-grab.jpg{/%IMAGE%} {%ROLE%}87d65c27-6e78-4e5c-b423-78d47d4f2768{/%ROLE%} {%KICKER%}Media Relations{/%KICKER%} {%CATEGORIESID%}9b04de1d-f7bc-4de7-842e-c9c833ff24e9{/%CATEGORIESID%} {%CAPTION%}The congressman’s tenure in the House of Representatives ended not with a bang or whimper, but instead another bizarre press conference.{/%CAPTION%} {%BODYCOPY%}Rep. Anthony Weiner called a press conference this afternoon to announce his resignation from congress. Here’s a clip courtesy of the Associated Press. Hear those cheers, jeers,, cries of “pervert”? Yeah, things got weird. {/%BODYCOPY%} {%ID%}8615{/%ID%} {%DATAID%}860d0663-fe10-4199-8c09-184bcdf7af01{/%DATAID%} {%CanonicalUrl%}{/%CanonicalUrl%} {%PUBLISHDATE%}6/16/2011 8:00:07 PM{/%PUBLISHDATE%} {%LINK%}https://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/8615.aspx{/%LINK%} {%BYLINE%}
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Hear those cheers, jeers, and cries of “pervert”? Yeah, things got weird.

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