A man holds a sign out of their car calling for representative Anthony Weiner to resign, outside Weiner's residency at the Queens borough of New York on June 12, 2011.
US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said today he thought Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner, who has been snared in an Internet sex scandal, should resign.
Boehner, a Republican, simply said “yes” when asked by reporters if he thought Weiner should step down.
The House granted Weiner, who has admitted to sending lewd photos and messages to half a dozen women, a two week leave of absence for treatment. The lawmaker has refused calls by Democrats and Republicans to resign but instead said he wanted to get medical treatment to get back on track.
President Barack Obama weighed in an interview yesterday, saying he would resign if he were in Weiner’s position.
Weiner, 46, admitted last week that he sent online messages and photos of himself to at least six women then lied about it.
Weiner’s refusal to resign has angered Democrats, who say his inappropriate online exchanges with women have hurt the party as it looks toward next year’s elections when it will seek to win back the House from Republicans.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who joined with other Democratic leaders over the weekend to urge Weiner to step down, spoke to a closed-door meeting of House Democrats.
Today’s meeting she repeated her position and members of the Democratic caucus praised her handling of the matter, according to a congressman in the meeting.
Democrats had hoped to put an end to the issue, which has been dragging on for weeks, overshadowing other news on Capitol Hill and efforts to focus on the economy.
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