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The Most Embarrassing Politician Twitter Scandals: Lewd Photos, Weird Videos, And More

The Huffington Post     First Posted: 06/03/11 02:24 PM ET   Updated: 08/03/11 06:12 AM ET

Congressman Anthony Weiner has been in the hot seat after a tweet containing a photo of a man's crotch was posted from his account.

Weiner has attributed the lewd photo of bulging underwear to a "prank" or hack, though the congressman admitted

The congressman is hardly the first politician to be embroiled in controversy due to inappropriate, misguided, or "accidental" tweets.

We've compiled some of the most memorable social media scandals suffered by politicians since Twitter's launch. Have others to add? Let us know! Email technology [at] huffingtonpost.com or click "Add a slide" below. Also check out our post on tweets that got people fired and tweets that got people arrested.

 
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Anthony Weiner's Lewd Underwear Photo
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A lewd photo depicting "somebody's bulging underwear" was tweeted from Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-NY) account.

The photo had been directed at a college student. Weiner initially claimed that the account had been hacked, though later, he said during an interview with MSNBC, "This was a circumstance where someone committed a prank on the internet...I didn't send [that] picture out."

Asked whether the photo of the underwear was of him, the congressman responded, "I can't say with certitude."
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Congressman Anthony Weiner has been in the hot seat after a tweet containing a photo of a man's crotch was posted from his account. Weiner has attributed the lewd photo of bulging underwear to a "p...
Congressman Anthony Weiner has been in the hot seat after a tweet containing a photo of a man's crotch was posted from his account. Weiner has attributed the lewd photo of bulging underwear to a "p...
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This week gave us Weinergate, one of the more bizarre -- and double entendre-laden -- examples of the political axiom "it's not the crime, it's the cover-up" in memory... even if the "crime" in question was, at worse, actually just a monumental lapse in judgment. Indeed, in the age of sexting and Brett Favre's photographic oeuvre, Weiner's alleged crotch shot is downright Puritan. That said, most people, unlike Rep. Weiner, can "say with certitude" whether they have taken a photo of their nether regions. And, if they have, would surely be able to identify their privates. The incident warmed the hearts of pun-loving headline writers ("Weiner's Bulging Controversy") and provided a case study on how not to do damage control. Weiner is one of the smartest and most articulate politicians in Washington; watching him parse words, twist logic, and avoid direct answers is enough to make one pine for the days of Larry Craig's "wide stance."

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