‘The View’ Co-Host Asks Anthony Weiner Point-Blank Why New Yorkers Should Vote For Him After Heinous Scandals

“The View” co-host Ana Navarro confronted disgraced former Democrat New York Rep. Anthony Weiner on why he should be trusted to reenter politics after all of his infamous scandals.

Weiner has been the subject of numerous scandals involving sending obscene material via online, causing him to resign from Congress and eventually even spend time in jail. As he is campaigning to serve in the New York City Council, Weiner told Navarro that “he accepts responsibility” for his past actions and refuses to play victim in the situation like some other politicians facing legal troubles.

“You’ve 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, and then in 2016 you sent nude texts to a minor and served 15 months in prison in addition to becoming a registered sex offender. So with all that said, why do you think or why should New Yorkers give you a chance at a political comeback?” Navarro asked.

“Well let me just say this, all of that happened and I accept responsibly for it,” Weiner said. “You won’t hear me do what some other people in public life have done, Donald Trump or Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams, ‘I’m a victim, they persecuted me for no reason.’ I was dealing with very serious problems, I was dealing with what I now understand to be addiction, I lost my brother Seth to addiction. And I didn’t ask for a trial, I pled guilty, served my time in prison, served in the halfway house, served probation, went to try and do good work for the former incarcerated. And I guess what I’m saying to people is, maybe don’t vote for me despite 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.”

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