CBS 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer decided to go to the Capital Hill office of Congressman Anthony Weiner to try to get some answers which Weiner is refusing to answer.
You’ll never believe what happened.
When she tried to get an interview with the six-term New York Democrat, the Congressman had the cops called on her.
The following are excerpts from the WCBSTV article:
Kramer walked in to Weiner’s office, announced herself as being from CBS 2 in New York City and said she’d like to see the congressman. Those few words created quite the stir. Doors slammed and people pretended she wasn’t there.
Finally, brave press secretary David Arnold arrived. The following is the exchange Kramer had with him:
Kramer: “All I want is for him to say something to his constituents, the people who have to vote for him.”
Arnold: “I don’t think you can say he hasn’t said anything to his constituents. He spoke for nine hours yesterday.
Kramer: “But not to anyone in New York. You know, this is the sort of in-the-bunker in the capitol, not to anyone in New York.”
After Kramer left Weiner’s office, his staff called the Capitol Police.
Police officers asked for identification. One cop told Kramer that if she went into Weiner’s office and didn’t leave if she was asked, she could be arrested.
“If you go to an office and are asked to leave, you can be placed under arrest,” Officer Michael Miller said.
Kramer responded, “But I wasn’t refusing to leave.”
Kramer was never asked to leave Weiner’s office, but the fact that the cops were called is a clear sign that the stress of this so-called “Weinergate” controversy is taking its toll. House Minority Leader Eric Cantor became the first member of House leadership to go after Weiner.
“I think the American people are sick of seeing their elected officials tied up in scandals like this. My advice would be to come clean and clear it up. Perhaps he’s trying, but I know there’s a lot of explaining going on, without a lot of clarity,” Cantor said.
Weiner, himself, had little to say Thursday.
“Today I’m going to have to head back to work doing a job I’m paid to do,” he said.
He refused to answer any questions and walked back into his office.
From a previous YWN Story: In this video, Weiner’s mother tells YWN that she is unequivocally Jewish, which makes her son Halachically Jewish. Anthony is married to a Muslim woman, and is still proud to yell “Am Yisroel Chai” (Jewish Nation Live) on a megaphone at the Israeli Day Parade in Manhattan.
Curious Jewish observers would like to know, how does the “Jewish Nation Live” if our highest profile Jews intermarry?
Will Weiner attend the Israeli day parade this year?
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7 Responses
What whining wiener!
Yeuch. So glad I’m not in his district. What a sleazy person – and he’s Jewish. I wish he wouldn’t advertize it, he’s certainly no bargain.
this weiner is really getting roasted.
#2, he is as Jewish as my hampster named Velvel. The only thing Jewish about them are the names. He married a Shiktza and is a complete oisvarf
Suddenly he’s so quick to call the police…
Don’t start up with a journalist.
Congressman Weiner is being utterly foolish. His answers to questions about this “prank” are more weasley than the mascots of the Universities of Michigan and Wisconsin combined. He should say what he knows, call for a proper investigation of the prank/hack/whatever, cooperate with the investigation, and be done with it. If he drags his feet because there is something to hide, he is wasting his time, because the facts will come out sooner or later, and later is going to be sooner than he thinks.
And that public money he did not want to waste on an investigation of the prank/hack: he’s already wasted a comparable amount calling the Capitol cops to shield him from a news reporter.