Maine’s Michaud says Weiner should resign

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Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, is joining a Pennsylvania lawmaker in calling on Anthony Weiner to resign for sending a lewd photo of himself to a woman on Twitter. Michaud is seen here in East Millinocket in Nov. 2010.

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Posted June 08, 2011, at 5:43 p.m.
Last modified June 08, 2011, at 6:35 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., reacts during a news conference in New York, Monday, June 6, 2011. After days of denials, a choked-up New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman and admitted to "inappropriate" exchanges with six women before and after getting married.

BANGOR, Maine — Rep. Mike Michaud is joining a Pennsylvania lawmaker in calling on Anthony Weiner to resign for sending a lewd photo of himself to a woman on Twitter.

Michaud, D-Maine, said Wednesday he hopes the New York congressman will do what’s right for his family “and probably the best decision would be to step down.”

Earlier, Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania became the first Democratic member of Congress to call on Weiner to step down.

Michaud’s Democratic colleague, Rep. Chellie Pingree, isn’t joining the call for Weiner to resign. She says the House is investigating whether he broke rules, and she says it’s up to the people of Weiner’s congressional district to decide whether they want to keep him.