Anthony Weiner Joins Field of 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates
NEW YORK (AFA NewsWire) Within minutes of his release from 21 months in prison for lewd conduct with a minor, Anthony Weiner has announced his candidacy for president and said he would immediately begin preparations for the Democratic primary season.
Convicted of sexting with an underage girl, Weiner, a six-term congressman and one-time New York mayoral candidate, still faces three years' of court supervised release.
Speaking to reporters gathered outside the halfway house from which he had just emerged a mostly free man, Weiner was asked how he thinks jumping into the 2020 Democratic Primary is not a monumentally bonkers idea, he responded, "Donald Trump has set the bar so low in terms of all types of behavior -- ethics, morals, judgment and personal conduct -- that my own misdeeds seem almost quaint, really."
Hearing there were already 23 candidates in the running, Weiner spontaneously remarked that his campaign slogan might be "23 & Me!" rather than his original "You've Done Worse!"
Reached for comment, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, hearing about this for the first time, said simply, "Oh, Hell no!"