Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) famously tanked his own career — not once, but twice — with sexting scandals. Almost three years after his mayoral primary bid, Weiner sat down with The Huffington Post to reflect on what happened.
"I was just falling apart," he said of how he ended up in a fight with a man at a kosher bakery.
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