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Anthony Weiner: “Look, this was a prank that I have now been talking about for a couple of days. I am not going to allow it to decide…”

On the recordMay 30, 2011
Look, this was a prank that I have now been talking about for a couple of days. I am not going to allow it to decide what I talk about for the next week or the next two weeks.

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Weiner dismisses the controversy surrounding the lewd photograph as a prank and emphasizes he won't let it distract him.

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