What is Anthony Weiner?
{{update|date=May 2017}} [[File:Anthonyweiner.jpg|right|thumb|Anthony Weiner]] '''Anthony David Weiner''' (born September 4, 1964) is a former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He represented the 9th district of the state of [[New York (state)|New York]]. Weiner is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]. ==Early political career== After graduating from college at the [[State University of New York-Plattsburgh]] in 1985, Weiner began working on the staff of [[Charles Schumer]], who was then a Congressman from New York.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/rep_anthony_weiner.html |title=The Arena: - Rep. Anthony Weiner Bio |work=politico.com |year=2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> In 1991, Weiner became the youngest person to be elected to the City Council of [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/weiner.html |title=Anthony D. Weiner |work=jewishvirtuallibrary.org |year=2005 |access-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> Weiner was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1999. In 2011, Weiner became involved in a [[scandal]] after his [[Twitter]] account sent a woman a picture of a man with an [[erection]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=New Yorker Magazine |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/06/anthony_weiners_big_ego.html |title=Anthony Weiner's Big Ego |date=June 2, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Pittsburg Post-Gazette |title=Weiner's troubling tweet |date=June 5, 2011 |first=Jack |last=Kelly |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11156/1151175-373-0.stm }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2011/06/05/a-few-holes-in-skeevy-skivvy-story/|title=A few holes in skeevy skivvy story|first=Post Staff|last=Report|date=5 June 2011}}</ref> At first, Weiner said that he had not sent the picture and that somebody must have hacked into his account. However, a few days later, he admitted that he had sent the picture and that he had been having sexual conversations