Hillary Clinton's right-hand woman Huma Abedin and her husband Anthony Weiner do not follow each other on Twitter, a Washington Free Beacon analysis has found.
Abedin joined Twitter late last summer and has followed 140 accounts, mainly Clinton campaign staffers and political commentators, but also celebrities such as Aziz Ansari, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Fallon. She even follows Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).
She doesn't follow Weiner, who has been on Twitter for much longer than his wife and famously posted a picture of his own penis for all his followers in 2011. He meant to send the picture in a private message to a woman that followed him.
Weiner mainly uses the platform to discuss the New York Islanders and New York Mets, but he also frequently delves into political issues. He also sometimes pokes fun at the way it was revealed that he was cheating on Abedin.
This is the Tweet currently pinned to the top of his account:
Weiner's Twitter account is set to allow direct messages from anybody even if he doesn't follow them. He did not respond to a message from the Washington Free Beacon.
Abedin, who has the more common Twitter setting that does not allow direct messages, did not return an email inquiry.
Abedin publicly announced that she had forgiven Weiner for his social media mishap.
The strength of a different Abedin relationship has been in the spotlight in recent weeks—between Abedin and her boss.
It was revealed in a Newsweek profile of Abedin last week that she "nearly burst into tears" when she learned that Clinton had to carry her own bag up a flight of stairs.
Abedin also recently recounted how "beautiful" and "little" she thought Clinton was the first time she laid eyes on her.
"You know these things that happen in your life that just stick? She walked by and she shook my hand and our eyes connected and I just remember having this moment where I thought, 'Wow, this is amazing,'" Abedin said. "And it just inspired me. You know, I still remember the look on her face. And it's funny, and she would probably be so annoyed that I say this, but I remember thinking; 'Oh my God, she's so beautiful and she's so little!'"
Abedin has said that she thinks that if Clinton "quit tomorrow, she will go down as one of the greatest American women in the history of the world." People close to both have said that they think Abedin "would die for Hillary."
"She loves Hillary," said Marc Lasry, a top campaign donor that attended Abedin and Weiner's wedding ceremony (which was officiated by former President Bill Clinton). "She would die for Hillary. Really, what she’s always looking at is, ‘What’s in the best interest of Hillary?’"
Donald Trump, Clinton's likely Republican opponent in the general election, has referred to Weiner as a "sick puppy."