Anthony Weiner, also known as “Carlos Danger,” has finally admitted that his “political career is probably over.”
In a recent interview with Politico at a coffee shop in New York City, Weiner got realistic about his time in Washington D.C. and his recent mayoral bid, both of which were brought to a screeching halt by explicit messaging scandals.
“I mean, realistically, my political career is probably over,” Weiner admitted. “The only job I ever wanted more than Congress was mayor, and I don’t think that either of those two jobs are going to be available. So, no, it’s not like, ‘OK, how do I get back in?’ I’m not thinking that anymore. I think I kind of took my stab at that.”
However, the end of his political career does not mark the end to individuals stopping him on the streets of Manhattan.
“People say hello, they want to take a picture, they want to give you a hard time, they wanna break your chops, they want to give you an idea,” the former Democratic congressman detailed. “People ask me to vote for A, B or C thing, you know. A guy came up to me yesterday on the train and said, ‘I’m gonna vote for you! When’s the election?’ I’m like, ‘OK, you kind of missed your shot.'”
Today, Weiner’s life revolves around raising his 2-year-old son Jordan, and he said that he would have quit Congress anyway to focus on his son. He also claimed he doesn’t miss Washington, D.C.
One thing he is a “little” nervous about, though, is addressing the sexting scandal when his son gets old enough to read Wikipedia.
“Maybe, you know, it teaches him a little something about adversity and everything doesn’t go great all the time,” Weiner said.
Though Weiner was relatively open about most topics in the interview, he bit back when asked about whether he still messages other women.
“I tell you, one of the things that I learned, one of the pleasures that I have in my new life is that I get to say stuff like, Lucy, I’m not going to get into any stuff that maybe I shouldn’t have gotten into in the first place,” Weiner said. “Meaning when you’re a politician, maybe you have a right to ask me that stuff. Now, you don’t have a right to ask me about that stuff — or, not that you don’t have a right, you have a right to ask me and I have a right to say, ‘I’m not going to tell you.'”
And, he was mum on the subject of his connection to potential Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her family.
“I don’t have anything to say about that,” Weiner said of his wife Huma Abedin’s relationship with Clinton. Abedin was a longtime aide for Hillary.
