Only because Democrats chose not to circle the wagons around him and normalize him the way that Republicans do with their deviants. If Weiner belonged to the other party, he'd be getting a Cabinet appointment right now.
A fact which I have to constantly remind people here and elsewhere. This notion that Democratic politicians get the same leeway as Republican politicians do is simply not based in reality. Base Democrats actually expect their politicians to govern, do it well, and to be adults. It's a major reason Orange Slob could and would never make it as "one of us." He would have had to be Mayor of NYC or NY Governor first before even considering going national. His ego would NEVER allow that.
I suspect the only election Weiner would win at the moment is "local whipping boy".
Only because Democrats chose not to circle the wagons around him and normalize him the way that Republicans do with their deviants. If Weiner belonged to the other party, he'd be getting a Cabinet appointment right now.
Our electorate is different from the MAGA base.
A fact which I have to constantly remind people here and elsewhere. This notion that Democratic politicians get the same leeway as Republican politicians do is simply not based in reality. Base Democrats actually expect their politicians to govern, do it well, and to be adults. It's a major reason Orange Slob could and would never make it as "one of us." He would have had to be Mayor of NYC or NY Governor first before even considering going national. His ego would NEVER allow that.