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"Alec Baldwin has urged former Congressman Anthony Weiner to quit the New York City mayoral race over his latest sexting scandal. Weiner famously resigned from the US Congress in 2011, after admitting to posting sexually explicit images of himself on social media.   The Democratic politician has attempted a comeback in recent months in his bid to become New York City&amp;#039;s mayor, but he disclosed again this week that he exchanged lewd photographs with a woman other than his wife back in 2012. Weiner has thus far said he will stay in the mayoral race, but now fellow Democrat Baldwin has called on the politician to step down from the race. &amp;quot;Weiner has only one problem that disqualifies him from the race and that is that he is clearly addicted to reckless behavior. That is something New York&amp;#039;s taxpayers do not need right now,&amp;quot; Baldwin wrote in a Huffington Post op-ed.  He continued: &amp;quot;Weiner should quit, walk away, let some time wash over his reversals and re-emerge, another day, to attempt some future race for public office.&amp;quot; Baldwin went on to suggest that Weiner could &amp;quot;prove himself as a great public servant&amp;quot; by stepping aside, and attempting a comeback at a later date. &amp;quot;New York does not need a mayor who has an uncontrollable desire to self-destruct the moment he feels he has fooled the voters into giving him their trust,&amp;quot; he concluded. The Blue Jasmine actor has endorsed New York City&amp;#039;s public advocate Bill de Blasio in the mayoral race. Baldwin was at one time considered a potential candidate to be New York&amp;#039;s mayor, but ultimately ruled out running. View all of today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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