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Weiner: I ‘Needed A Drink’ After Paul Ryan’s Speech (VIDEO)

Weiner: I ‘Needed A Drink’ After Paul Ryan’s Speech (VIDEO)

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) described the contrast between President Obama’s “uplifting, unifying” State Of The Union speech, and Rep. Paul Ryan’s response, which “was just bumming us all out.”

“I felt like I just needed a drink when I was done with Paul Ryan,” he said, adding: “And then Michele Bachmann who is clearly not in touch with the mothership.”

[TPM SLIDESHOW: ‘Win The Future’: President Obama’s State Of The Union]

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h/t The Hill.

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