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Weiner Sticking With Profane Aide

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Called former intern a 'slutbag.'

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Win McNamee

Anthony Weiner can’t exactly afford to be firing staff these days, even when they lash out with profane rants. Weiner said he’ll be sticking with Barbara Morgan, the spokesperson who called former intern Olivia Nuzzi a “slutbag” among other epithets, after the Nuzzi portrayed Weiner negatively in the New York Daily News. Morgan has since issued a public apology, said she thought she was off the record, apologized to Nuzzi, and tweeted a picture of a cash-filled "swear jar." Nuzzi has updated her Twitter profile to read, "Slutbag, twat and cunt."

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