Language is flying as Weiner's staff melts down and Hillary will soon be the target and the center of all this dirt. Let's not forget Hillary is getting sued by Americans who are living in Israel.
Weiner campaign in meltdown as his spokesperson publicly brands former intern a 's***bag' and 'fame hungry b****' in hate-filled rant
- Communication director Barbara Morgan couldn't contain her anger over Olivia Nuzzi's article about Weiner's faltering New York mayoral campaign
- Nuzzi claimed many interns only joined the campaign to get close to Huma Abedin ahead of Hillary Clinton's expected 2016 presidential run
- She said Weiner mistakenly called her and other interns Monica
- Morgan called Nuzzi a series a expletives, apparently unaware that her rant was 'on the record'
- She has since issued an apology and said she contacted Nuzzi to personally say she was sorry
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Things are going from bad to worse for Anthony Weiner after his spokeswoman went off on an expletive-laden rant about a former campaign intern after she wrote an unflattering expose of his faltering New York mayoral campaign.
Barbara Morgan was so incensed by Olivia Nuzzi's actions that she lost her cool - apparently unaware that she was talking on the record - when she was being interviewed by politics website Talking Points Memo about another matter.
Weiner's communication director called the former intern a 'fame hungry b***h who sucked at her job,' she also called Nuzzi a ‘s*****g,’ ‘t**t,’ and ‘c**t' and threatened to sue her.
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Weiner spokesperson Barbara Morgan, right, went off on an expletive-laden rant about former intern Olivia Nuzzi, left, after she had an article published which painted a very unflattering picture of his mayoral campaign
The over the top outburst was prompted by Nuzzi penning an article, published in Tuesday’s New York Daily News, in which she was highly critical of how Weiner's campaign was run.
She claimed many interns had only joined to get closer to Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, in the hope of landing a role in any potential presidential campaign for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
She claimed that one campaign staffer had left because he had only been paid one-third of what he was promised and that Weiner incorrectly referred to her and other interns as 'Monica.'
Morgan released a statement on Tuesday night apologizing for her outburst.
Need a break? New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's campaign is in meltdown after a former intern revealed what it was like to work for him and his comms director lost her cool in a very public manner
‘In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation,’ she said.
‘It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize.’
In the controversial article Nuzzi said ‘a lot’ of Weiner’s staff had ‘short résumés,’ including Morgan, who Nuzzi had mocked because she ‘last worked as the press secretary for the New Jersey state education commissioner.’
‘I’m dealing with like stupid f**king interns who make it on to the cover of the Daily News even though they signed NDAs and/or they proceeded to trash me,’ Morgan told TPM, referring to a non-disclosure agreement that Nuzzi would have signed.
‘And by the way, I tried to fire her, but she begged to come back and I gave her a second chance.’
Not how we roll: In a slick new ad, pictured, Weiner states: 'I know that there are newspaper editors and other politicians that say, "Boy, I wish that guy Weiner would quit"'
Morgan went on to suggest in her conversation to TPM that Nuzzi would be unable to ever get another job in New York politics as a result of her actions. She also described Nuzzi’s allegation as ‘b******t.’
Nuzzi is believed to have stopped interning for the campaign four weeks ago and worked on the campaign for about a month.
Also on Tuesday Weiner declared in a new ad that he would not quit the mayoral race because quitting 'isn't the way we roll in New York' despite looking exhausted and miserable at a public appearance just hours earlier.
In the advert, posted on his campaign website, Weiner stares straight at the camera and says: 'I know that there are newspaper editors and other politicians that say, "Boy, I wish that guy Weiner would quit."'
But the prolific sexter insists he owes it to New Yorkers to stay in the race.
'This isn't about me. This is about helping New Yorkers. Because they understand that this is about them. This campaign has reminded me about it again and again–in all kinds of ways.'
Beleaguered: A glum Weiner looks distracted as he listens to responses at the forum in Inwood
The ad was posted on Weiner's campaign website just hours after photographs showed him rubbing his eyes and sitting glumly in Manhattan, suggesting his latest sexting scandal was finally taking its toll.
He hit out at the media claiming: 'They don't know New York. They certainly don't know me. "Quit" isn't the way we roll in New York City.'
In the video, Weiner talks directly to the camera about the circus-like scandal dominating news headlines and how it has made him even more keen to serve New Yorkers.
'You know, if someone wants to come out with something embarrassing about you in your private life, you got to talk about that for a little while,' he said.
'But it's also reminded me that–citizens, when they come up to you, and they want to talk about a situation on their block, or at their child's school or something going on at their job site–that that's what this campaign is all about,' he added.
End of the road? The former Congressman has dropped to fourth in the polls and it looks like it is taking its toll
Earlier on Tuesday, the beleaguered mayoral candidate looked defeated during a forum on small businesses in Inwood.
But his former sexting partner could not have appeared happier.
Sydney Leathers, who stepped forward with the revelations of their online affair a week ago, has been pictured basking in her new-found attention as she left an X-rated interview with Howard Stern.
The 23-year-old student has also been pictured posing in her bikini as she frolicked on the beach in Santa Monica, California and has not shied away from numerous 'tell-all' interviews.
In an expletive-ridden interview with Stern, Leathers did not hold back as she detailed Weiner's fantasies, including having sex with her in the shower, and how he told her he was in love with her.
'He was like this needy girlfriend or something,' she laughed.
She added: 'I think I am a little bit angry with him, I feel like he lured me in to this situation. And then he didn't want to own up to it. On the campaign trail [he was] saying, "Oh I've changed" and trying to act like he has this perfect marriage now. I'm proof that you have not changed.'
Loving the attention: Sydney Leathers basks in the spotlight as she leaves an interview with Howard Stern
All smiles: Leathers grinned as she left the Sirius XM studios following her X-rated appearance
In another sign that she is enjoying the spotlight, she was seen leaving the Vivid porn headquarters, and when Stern asked her about appearing in X-rated movies, she hinted it could be a possibility.
'I'm keeping all my options open,' she said, smiling. 'We'll see what happens.'
As well as Leathers' refusal to go away, Wiener is dealing with news that he has plunged to fourth place among Democrats in a poll taken since the affair emerged.
Just 16 per cent of likely Democratic primary voters now say they support him, a number that shrank from 26 per cent less than a week ago, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll showed.
And a majority of those same voters said Weiner - who once led the pack - should withdraw from the race entirely, by a 53-40 margin.
'With six weeks to go, anything can happen, but it looks like former Congressman Anthony Weiner may have sexted himself right out of the race for New York City mayor,' said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Black voters were the only demographic group that seems to be hanging on to their support for the embattled former congressman, whose latest round of sexting accusations have brought his long-suffering wife out of the shadows to defend him once more.
Speaking out: In an expletive-ridden interview, Leathers recounted Weiner's sexual fantasies
New ventures: She also hinted that she might be interested in taking part in pornographic films in the future
In the spotlight: 23-year-old Leathers poses in a bikini shoot in Santa Monica, California at the weekend
Black voters say Weiner should stay in the race, by a 53-42 margin. White voters say he should go, by a larger 64-25 split.
Weiner's downfall has created opportunities for his rivals, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn who now leads the Democratic pack with 27 per cent support.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Comptroller William Thompson are in a dead heat for second place, polling 21 and 20 per cent, respectively.
If Weiner should drop out of the race, the remaining contenders would stay in the same positions. Quinn would jump to 30 per cent and de Blasio and Thompson would each hover at 25 per cent.
'[W]ith Wiener in free-fall, it begins to look like a three-way race again'' said Carroll.
Weiner spokeswoman Barbara Morgan did not respond to a request for comment about her candidate's determination to remain in the hunt. The Democratic primary is September 10.
All smiles: Anthony Weiner is all smiles at this Monday campaign stop at a senior home in Queens, NY
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