Representative Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from New York, speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 31, 2011, regarding a lewd photo tweet
Representative Anthony Weiner created a Twitter scandal for himself when he not only tweeted lewd photos of himself to a 21-year-old college student but also lied about it. "I lied because I was embarrassed," the seven-term Representative admitted at a June 6 press conference. "I have made terrible mistakes." On June 16, the New York Democrat, who had been considered as a potential successor to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, stepped down. Dubbed "Weinergate," the incident led to obvious puns and mounting affair allegations from the Congressman's critics. Weiner, who is married to one of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's aides, fueled the fire himself, at first describing the tweet as a hack and a prank, before he eventually came clean and apologized to both his wife and the public.