Indignities Plague Anthony Weiner Resignation Press Conference!

Just moments ago, at a senior-citizen center in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Anthony Weiner offered his resignation from Congress. What happened to the seniors while their recreation room was besieged? It was our first question, too. Anyway, Weiner: it was hard to hear what he had to say over all the reporters shouting. “I’d hoped to be able to continue the work that the citizens of my district elected me to do,” he said stoically. “Unfortunately the distraction that I have created has made this impossible.”

Then, a frenzied male voice called out, “Were you fooling around? Were you fooling around?” And later, “Are you more than seven inches?” According to Maggie Haberman of Politico, “[t]he horrible guy who screamed and drowned out the press conference last time is at it again.” That horrible guy is one Benjy Bronk, Howard Stern Show congressional bureau chief. Aside from the audience participation, there were fewer surprises today than at Weiner’s June 6 press conference, during which conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart served as the unexpected warm-up act. Earlier today, just before noon, Breitbart tweeted the following ominous question:

Coney Island is just a hop, skip, and a Q-train ride away from Sheepshead Bay, so we expected the Los Angeles-based proprietor to once again upstage the congressman’s public address. Though Breitbart was initially responsive to our questions, in the hours leading up to Weiner’s appearance, he did not comment about his afternoon plans.