Weinergate Deepens — New Penis Pic Surfaces, and Calls for His Resignation Grow

Andrew Breitbart blasts shock jocks for releasing a penis pic purportedly of Congressman without his permission

Updated, 7:05 p.m. PT

The media and political worlds were thrown into upheaval — yet again — on Wednesday with the release of another graphic picture, this one supposedly of Rep. Anthony Weiner's penis, followed by reports that his wife, Hillary Clinton aide, Huma Abedin, is pregnant.

By the end of the day, it seemed increasingly unlikely that the embattled Weiner would be able to hold onto his congressional seat. 

There are growing calls from both sides of the aisle for the New York congressman to resign from office. 

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The scandal deepened when an image of Rep. Weiner's nether regions was leaked by a pair of radio shock jocks against the wishes of conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart. Breitbart had pledged to keep the picture out of the public sphere after Weiner confessed to sexting with six women.

Click here to see the photo (Warning: NSFW)

Breitbart apparently showed the radio hosts the image on his cell phone. They then captured a picture of the photo on Breitbart's phone and posted it on their Twitter feed

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Breitbart said Weiner sent the shot to one of the women with whom he admitted online exchanges.

The rightwing provocateur accused the radio hosts of breaching an agreement that the photo would not be made public. 

“It was a complete violation of trust,” Breitbart told Fox News’ Eric Shawn.

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A spokesman for Weiner would neither confirm nor deny that the picture was of the congressman, according to Politico

Calls for Weiner's resignation are growing louder, even from those within the Democratic congressman's own party. Among the Democrats agitating for Weiner to step down are former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine; Pennsylvania Rep. Allyson Schwartz, Massachusetts Rep. Niki Tsongas, Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor and Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy. 

On the Republican side of the aisle, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor are some of the big names who have called for the congressman to give up his seat.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said there would be no comment from the president on the matter. 

For his part, Weiner has been trying to mend fences with colleagues, reaching out to party leaders and to former President Bill Clinton, to apologize for his actions. Many outlets are speculating that Weiner has found himself with few supporters on Capital Hill, because his hard-charging style did not endear him to his fellow House members. 

A slim majority of New York city voters think Weiner should hold onto his seat, according to a Marist College poll conducted hours after the story broke on Monday. Fifty-one percent of those surveyed believe Weiner should not resign from Congress, 30 percent disagree and think he should step down, and 18 percent are unsure.

Weiner, who has said he will continue in his post, is believed to be the first member of Congress in our great nation's history to have his junk posted on the Internet.  

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