It isn’t only Antonio Villaraigosa‘s political rivals who are gleeful over the Los Angeles mayor’s extramarital exploits. Democratic presidential hopefuls not named Hillary Clinton are snickering at how one of the party frontrunner’s most coveted supporters has suddenly become a potential embarrassment.
Villaraigosa, who serves as one of four national co-chairmen of Clinton’s campaign, admitted earlier this week that he’s been having an affair with Telemundo news anchor Mirthala Salinas. Villaraigosa’s wife Corina—the two merged their last names, Villar and Raigosa, when they married in 1987—announced their separation last month. (Salinas has been pulled off of the air while her bosses look into whether she violated the station’s ethics rules.)
A rising star in the Democratic party, Villaraigosa’s endorsement had been heavily courted by other candidates, especially New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, the only Hispanic in the race. "They’re probably pretty relieved now that they didn’t win that one," laughs an insider from another campaign.
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Thank you for posting Hillary’s campaign headquarters phone #!!!
I just called them and spoke to a lovely young southern girl. I very politely told her a few of the highlights in the "career" of Tony Villar and told her that I felt he would be a huge negative in her campaign.
She took lots of notes and asked for my name and phone# in case someone wanted to contact me (sure).
I told her to google Antonio Villaraigosa if she cared about Hillary’s reputation. I asked her if they had been receiving many calls re the scandal and she sort of hemmed and hawed…but she did admit that the LA headquarters is receiving feedback.
Everyone needs to call Hillary’s campaign headquarters!
