On Thursday, Anthony Weiner offered yet another sexting apology, telling his former constituents, “The mistakes that I made disrupted the community from getting the representation that it should have. And I don’t want you to think that I don’t understand that and that I don’t live with it every day and feel a sense of regret.” The mea culpa was well-received, but he balanced out that bit of good news with two gaffes. At one event, Weiner suggested NYPD officers could stand to lose a little weight, and at another he asked a voter “Were you raising your hand or flirting with me?”
The New York Post reports that while talking to a crowd in Brooklyn about putting more cops on bike and foot patrols, Weiner quipped, “I think a few of them could use a few hours on a bike, if you know what I’m saying.” Later he tried to backtrack, saying he just meant cops should “go out and walk and to bike and just be a presence in the community.”
Then this exchange took place between Weiner and an elderly woman:
When Politicker asked about the incident later, Weiner said sternly, “It was like a joke.” That’s clear from the video, but he no longer has the luxury of kidding around without consequences. If he wanted to make fun of cops and tease constituents, he should have thought of that before becoming a scandal-stained mayoral candidate.
