{"id":406619,"date":"2022-02-17T04:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T01:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/anthony-weiner-says-he-probably-could-have-beat-bill-de-blasio-in-2013\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T04:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T01:17:55","slug":"anthony-weiner-says-he-probably-could-have-beat-bill-de-blasio-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/anthony-weiner-says-he-probably-could-have-beat-bill-de-blasio-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"#Anthony Weiner says he &#8216;probably&#8217; could have beat Bill de Blasio in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Anthony Weiner says he &#8216;probably&#8217; could have beat Bill de Blasio in 2013<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Former Congressman-turned-radio host Anthony Weiner claims that New York City residents \u201cblame\u201d him for Bill de Blasio\u2019s time as mayor of the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le.<\/p>\n<p>Weiner had frontrunner status in the 2013 Democratic Party primary before he stepped aside amid one of several sexting scandals, paving the way to a de Blasio victory.<\/p>\n<p>But Weiner told 77 WABC owner John Catsimatidis in an interview Tuesday he could\u2019ve still won that race.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-pol left Congress in 2011 \u201cin a cloud of scandal\u201d after sending a lewd photo and called himself \u201cprobably the first-ever victim of a tweet that went wrong\u201d in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTried to come back in 2013 and once again, my behaviors undid me in that election \u2014 even though I thought I probably coulda won,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd some people still yet at me on the street that I\u2019m to blame for de Blasio and I\u2019m \u2013 I don\u2019t know \u2014 I probably take that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weiner was on the air promoting his new radio show on WABC with former Republican mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa called \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/10\/anthony-weiner-to-co-host-wabc-radio-show-with-curtis-sliwa\/?_ga=2.93893466.635884509.1645043227-2056818598.1629919002\">The Left vs. The Right.\u201d<\/a> Weiner talked about his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of scandals, which ended with him doing 15 months behind bars for obscenity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-109.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former congressman Anthony Weiner discussed how his sexting scandals hampered his career with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa on their radio show.\" class=\"wp-image-21238327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-109.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-109.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-109.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Congressman Anthony Weiner discussed how his sexting scandals hampered his career with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa on their radio show.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andrew Schwartz \/ Splash<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy bottom came later on, in 2016, when a photograph appeared in the New York Post including my son and I realized I was dealing with something pretty heavy,\u201d Weiner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI checked into rehab and took what we call in the program my \u2018first step\u2019 and realized that what I was dealing with was unmanageable and I needed to get some help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since getting out of the clink in 2019, he spent time running the Brooklyn-based sustainable countertop company IceTop and volunteering in the community.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-108.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Then New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio\" class=\"wp-image-21238326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-108.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-108.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-108.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Rep. Anthony Weiner says New Yorkers blamed him for Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s terms in office.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not bad doing volunteer work nowadays, because you have to wear a mask so \u2026 the soup kitchen hasn\u2019t realized who I am and that\u2019s just fine, too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Catsimatidis asked Weiner what he would say to potential listeners who didn\u2019t want him to get a \u201csecond chance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not hard to make a list of the things I did and say, \u2018This guy\u2019s a jerk, and let\u2019s toss him aside,\u2019 and for those people, maybe I\u2019m irredeemable,\u201d Weiner said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Businessman John Catsimatidis\" class=\"wp-image-21238330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/anthony-weiner-de-blasio-112.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>77 WABC owner John Catsimatidis asked disgraced pol Anthony Weiner if he deserves a \u201csecond chance\u201d in politics.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I know I\u2019m not a bad man trying to be good, I was a sick man who was trying to get well and I\u2019m doing that every day and trying to stay that way,\u201d he added and said he believed there are other people who dealt with the same problems he has.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Weiner had appeared on Fox News\u2019 \u201cHannity\u201d and fumbled when asked if he has changed, reportedly replying, \u201cum I think so.\u201d When asked again by Catsimatidis on Tuesday, Weiner answered more definitively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo are you the example of doing prison time and losing everything you had, almost, being a congressman, being a mayor \u2013 almost being a mayor you feel you learned your lesson?\u201d Catsimatidis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my God, yes,\u201d Weiner replied.<\/p>\n<p>He discussed how his actions led to him losing now ex-wife Huma Abedin and his political career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my past every day I look down at my feet, and I say look this is a moment I have to try to do better, to try to be of service. 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