Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Pregnant Wife Huma Abedin Returning Home Wednesday After Overseas Trip With Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton

Rep. Anthony Weiner’s Wife Huma Abedin Returns Home Amid Husband’s Sexting Scandal

June 15, 2011 12:55 PM

Huma Abedin (Photo by Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Congressman Anthony Weiner’s pregnant wife Huma Abedin returned to their Washington, DC home early Wednesday. Abedin had been traveling overseas with her boss Secretary of State Hillary Clinton since the disgraced congressman’s Twitter scandal broke. The question is now: does her return mean the defiant House member’s resignation may be imminent?

On Tuesday, fellow Democrat Rep. Carolyn McCarthy suggested as much.

“It’s been what two weeks. It’s been a very long two weeks,” said McCarthy. “Hopefully, we are hearing he might resign in a couple of days.”

The congressman’s colleagues on Capitol Hill want him to leave after his embarrassing sexting scandal.

“I think we should send a strong message to him that he should resign,” said Rep. Sandy Levin (D-Michigan).

“Our caucus understands our concern for the rights of the individual member but our higher responsibility is to our country to uphold a high ethical standard in the Congress of the United States,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif).

House Speaker John Boehner was the latest to weigh in on the sexting scandal, saying he should step down.

CBS News reported that Weiner has told friends he would make no decision until he spoke with his wife. Weiner was officially on a two week leave of absence, getting professional treatment, according to his office.

President Obama has already suggested Weiner should resign, but some say there may be more he can do to influence the decision.

“Maybe the White House helps him get a job, with no fingerprints, so he can go on making a living, which is what he needs to do as well,” said political consultant Hank Sheinkopf.

Will Weiner resign? Should he? Sound off in our comments section below…

Rep. Anthony Weiners Wife Huma Abedin Returns Home Amid Husbands Sexting Scandal

Ysolei

He should resign. There’s always work as a male stripper.
DIANN

TELL ME ONE THING: “ALL” RICH & POWERFUL, “MEN” & “WOMEN” IN GOVERNMENT, DO THEY REALLY HAVE HALO’S OVER THEIR HEADS ! ONE THING I LEARNED FROM MY GRANDMOTHER & MY MOTHER. “MEN” WILL ALWAYS BE “HO-MASTERS” & “WOMEN” WILL ALWAYS “HO” AROUND ! IT’S LIFE GET USED TO IT !
Lynn

I am NOT into Polictics at all and I really could care less if he resigns or not but I want to know why everyone wants him to resign or thinks he should resign>>

Clinton didnt step down or was never impeached and his scandal was worse
lydia

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If Weiner had no marketable skills and can’t find a job in private sector (supposedly why he’s reluctant to resign) why in the world is he an elected “leader” of the American people?
Suzita

It’s Mengele, not Mengle.
suzita

Could we just leave Weiner’s wife alone? I ask it as a conservative and aspiring Christian.
Thomas Truitt

I can’t believe these negative comments. Tony Weiner is a great and model progressive and one of the stalwarts of our party. He fights hard for our causes. We forgave Bill Clinton for BJ’s in the oval office because we understood that boys will be boys and he was far more important to the country than to fall because of GOP hyper-morality. All Tony did was to send a few photos and e-mails. We should get behind him as well because he is one of our A Team and we cannot let our A Team get trashed by the GOP slime-meisters. His conduct is nothing compared to the garbage that Palin has been involved in.
Morris Wise

Remember it was kinky Weiner that had the balls to expose Clarence Thomas and his multi-million dollar family scam. Lets worship Weiner`s balls instead of trying to castrate them.
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Thomas Truitt

Wow, I cannot believe the hate in these comments. Get over it, dudes. Even my Congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi, who is very moderate, does not think he should quit. We have to show compassion.
Thomas Truitt

Anthony Weiner is a great progressive. Yes, he lied when he was caught but who wouldn’t? He should not resign because we need him to battle the Republicans who are trying to trash our great President and our country. Let him get some out-patient therapy and then he will be cured. As for his wife’s fetus, that is a small medical problem that can be easily handled by a Planned Parenthood clinic. I really do not know what all the fuss is about. We have fought for many years to tear down these idiotic walls of morality so it does not matter if he is or is not a Member of Congress. He is definitely much better, morality wise, than Paul Ryan who wants to kill the elderly by denying then medical care. Like Bill Clinton, he made a mistake that was personal in nature. Get over it.