New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner released his first television ad Monday, depicting himself as an anti-establishment candidate without directly mentioning his infamous sexting scandal.
In the 30-second ad, which was posted online Sunday, Weiner talks about "fighting" for New Yorkers and accuses "powerful voices" of trying to ruin his campaign.
"Powerful voices have made it clear from the very beginning that they didn't want me to win. But this isn't about what they want. They've gotten their way for far too long," says the former congressman.
Instead, Weiner says his campaign has focused on improving the city.
"I've waged a campaign focused like a laser beam on fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it," Weiner explains.
According to campaign reports filed Friday night, Weiner still has almost $6.2 million cash left to spend on his campaign, which is the second largest amount of cash reported by any of the mayoral hopefuls.
His challenger and mayoral race front-runner, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, has a little over $8.6 million, and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio reported about $4 million in the bank, reports Yahoo! News.
Weiner notoriously resigned from Congress in 2011 after confessing to sending sexually explicit photos to multiple women via Twitter, reports NBC. The married politician initially denied the reports and argued that his account was hacked, but later came clean, admitting to having "inappropriate" online relationships with several women and stepped down from his position that June.
Last month, a young woman told The Dirty that she and the disgraced politican continued to exchange sexting messages after Weiner resigned in August 2012.
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