NEW YORK?Anthony Weiner?s rivals were split Wednesday on whether the ex-lawmaker should drop his bid for mayor after he admitted that he continued to send sexual messages to women who were not his wife even after he was forced out of Congress over the issue.
Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker who has been statistically tied with Weiner in recent Democratic primary polls, said the latest revelations called into question whether Weiner has the ?maturity and judgment? to lead. But she stopped short of calling for him to exit the race, saying that was ?decision for him to make.?
?The circus that former congressman Weiner has brought to the race in the last two months has been a disservice to New Yorkers who are actually looking for someone who has the judgment and maturity to lead this city and a mayor who has the record of actually delivering that,? Quinn said at a Wednesday morning press conference. ?Being mayor of New York is a serious business and it demands a serious leader. Instead, we see a pattern of reckless behavior, consistently poor judgment and difficulty with the truth. New Yorkers deserve something completely different.?
Being mayor, Quinn added, is a not a job about ?self aggrandizement.?
But three other mayoral hopefuls?Democrats Bill de Blasio and Sal Alabanese and Republican John Catsimatidis?took the opposite position, calling for Weiner to exit the race.
De Blasio, who the city?s Public Advocate and who has struggled to gain traction in the polls, sent a message to supporters Wednesday asking them to sign a petition urging Weiner to drop his campaign so that the candidates could focus on ?serious? issues in the race.
?Right now the conversation in this campaign is neither serious nor critical--it's a joke,? de Blasio wrote. ?You deserve to know how we would use the power of the office to make life better for people in all neighborhoods. But the sideshows of this election have gotten in the way of the debate we should be having about the future of our city.?
The comments came less than 24 hours after Weiner admitted that he was the author of dozens of lewd messages a woman shared with the gossip website The Dirty?messages she said were sent as recently as last summer.
At a press conference Tuesday, where he was joined by his wife, longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, Weiner admitted that he had continued to exchange sexual messages with women up until last year?even after he was forced out of Congress in June 2011 over the issue.
?It?s in our rearview mirror but not far,? Weiner told reporters, though he added his behavior was now ?behind? him and that his marriage was stronger than ever. It was a statement backed up by Abedin, who emotionally told reporters she had ?forgiven? her husband.
At the same press conference, Weiner gave no signs of exiting the race, and his campaign did not respond to an immediate request for comment about his rivals? calls for him to drop out.
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