Anthony Weiner Press Conference: Resignation Met With Lewd Heckles (06.16.11) — Transcript

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1. 0:00I'm here today to again apologize for
2. 0:02the personal mistakes I have made and
3. 0:05the embarrassment I have
4. 0:07caused I make this apology to my
5. 0:09neighbors and my constituents but I make
6. 0:11it particularly to my wife
7. 0:14Huma I had hope to be able to continue
8. 0:17the work that the citizens of my
9. 0:18district elected me to do to fight for
10. 0:22the middle class and those struggling to
11. 0:24make it unfortunately the distraction
12. 0:27that I have created has made that
13. 0:29impossible possible so today I
14. 0:32announcing my resignation from
15. 0:35Congress per so my colleagues can get
16. 0:38back to
17. 0:39work my neighbors can choose a new
18. 0:43representative and most importantly that
19. 0:46my wife and I can
20. 0:48continue to heal from the damage I have
21. 0:51caused
22. 0:56[Music]
23. 1:00throw him out he's not
24. 1:02wiow to repeat most
25. 1:06importantly most importantly so that I
26. 1:08can continue to heal from the damage
27. 1:11that I have
28. 1:12caused I want to thank my colleagues in
29. 1:15the House of
30. 1:16Representatives Democrats and
31. 1:17Republicans alike they come from
32. 1:20different places around the country but
33. 1:21fundamentally we all agree they're all
34. 1:24Patriots and I will miss them
35. 1:27all thank you I also want to express my
36. 1:32gratitude to members of my
37. 1:34staff there are young people who are not
38. 1:37paid very much there are people that
39. 1:39worked very hard in very long hours
40. 1:43ultimately those people Define the
41. 1:45notion of
42. 1:46service I want to thank of course the
43. 1:48many people who have helped me the
44. 1:50people who have volunteered the people
45. 1:52who have given me advice the many of my
46. 1:54constituents who have offered me good
47. 1:57ideas and of course I want to express my
48. 1:59Gra itude to my family to my mother and
49. 2:02father who instilled in me the values
50. 2:04that carried me this far to my brother
51. 2:06Jason and of course to my wife Huma who
52. 2:09has stood with me through this entire
53. 2:11difficult period and to whom I owe so
54. 2:13very
55. 2:14much I got into politics to help give
56. 2:16voice to the many who simply did not
57. 2:18have one now I'll be looking for other
58. 2:21ways to contribute my talents to make
59. 2:22sure that we live up to that most New
60. 2:25York and American of ideals the idea
61. 2:28that leaving a family a community and
62. 2:31ultimately a country is the one thing
63. 2:33that all unites us the one thing we're
64. 2:35all focused on with God's help and with
65. 2:38hard work we will all be successful
66. 2:41thank you and good afternoon will you
67. 2:43maintain your