Still, she appears to be less concerned about Weiner than she is about Bob Filner. DNC chief not calling for Weiner to exit race

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Wednesday she won’t call for Anthony Weiner to drop out of the New York mayoral race.

This is a different tone from what Wasserman Schultz struck Friday when she demanded that San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign due to the damning sexual harassment allegations and lawsuits surrounding him. The difference Wasserman Schultz sees is that Weiner is not in office anymore.


“[Dropping out is] a decision for Anthony Weiner to make. Anthony Weiner’s not a public office holder. He’s running for office and…every candidate has to make their own decisions when it comes to the controversies swirling around Anthony,” the Florida congresswoman told MSNBC’s Kristen Welker on “The Daily Rundown”. “He and Huma [Abedin] have been dealing with this personal struggle, I think those struggles are personal, but clearly the conduct that Anthony’s engaged in…has engaged in in the past is inappropriate, but whether he stays in the race or not is up to him.”

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“My message to Bob Filner, which I issued last Friday, is that he absolutely should resign, that his abusive behavior is unwelcome and unacceptable in any form, and I hope that he eventually heeds the call that so many have sent his way,” she told her MSNBC host, maintaining her stance on Filner.

Still, she appears to be less concerned about Weiner, thinking that New York voters will solve the problem themselves.

“When it was first revealed that [Weiner] lied and had engaged in inappropriate conduct, I called for him to resign from Congress,” she said. “Now he’s running for mayor and I think eventually when the primary rolls around the voters are probably going to allow this to take care of itself.”