And I wish Representative Weiner and his lovely wife well. It obviously has been a tough incident for him. But I'm confident that they will refocus, and he will refocus, and they will end up being able to bounce back.
President Obama expresses his well wishes for Weiner and his wife following the scandal.
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If I had a blame pie for why politics is so polarised and why we're seeing a rise of populism in many places, it's because of that information that is going into our brains every day.
I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.
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