Thinks We Need Detectives To Find Out If Weiner Disgraced Office

As even more of his fellow Washington Democrats join Republican calls for disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) resignation, liberal U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) disagrees, instead demanding that taxpayers fund a lengthy, costly investigation of Weiner’s lewd online behavior.

So far, according to Politico, a growing list of top Democrats – including former DNC Chairmen Tim Kaine and Ed Rendell, U.S. Senators Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Mark Pryor (D-AR), and U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Mike Ross (D-AR), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) – are all calling for Weiner to resign.

But as the Albuquerque Journal reports, Heinrich disagrees, instead supporting “Pelosi’s call for an ethics investigation.”  Meanwhile voters in New Mexico’s divisive Democratic primary battle voters are still wondering where Hector Balderas stands on the issue.

“Why does Congressman Martin Heinrich agree with his party boss Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) that taxpayers should have to foot the bill for a costly investigation into whether his friend Anthony Weiner disgraced the Congress?” asked National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “And since Heinrich wants Weiner to stay in office, at least for a while, where is Hector Balderas on this issue?”