House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz both issued the call days ago for embattled U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner to step down, but Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson is taking a different view.
Larson, through a spokesman, said Weiner told him he was waiting for his wife to return from a trip overseas to discuss his political future.
"Congressman Weiner's behavior is reprehensible and not to be condoned in any shape or form,'' Larson said through his spokesman, Christopher Licata.
"He was not immediately forthcoming and truthful and the call for an investigation is appropriate. He has told me he is seeking council and help, which he obviously needs. He was waiting for his wife to return from overseas to have a conversation only the two of them could. In final analysis only Anthony Weiner and his constituents can determine if he stays in office or not.
"As someone who knows him I think he deserves the space to make the determination with his wife on what his future will be," Larson said.
This morning another member of the state's congressional delegation, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, called on Weiner to step down. On Monday, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes issued a similar request. Himes also donated $2,000 -- the amount of campaign funds he had received from Weiner over the past two election cycles -- to a Stamford charity.