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Anthony Weiner: “The objective of the person who is doing the mischief is to try to distract me from what I'm doing. So for the last…”

On the recordMay 30, 2011
The objective of the person who is doing the mischief is to try to distract me from what I'm doing. So for the last couple of days that has happened, I have made a decision I'm not going to let it happen today. I'm not going to let it happen tomorrow.

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Weiner discusses his determination to not be distracted by controversies surrounding him.

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