Eric Swalwell Forced From California Governor’s Race, But Not Congress?
Sen. Mark Warner isn’t old fashioned. He’s a political hack.
Willing to say that a fellow Democrat congressman who’s been accused by multiple women of sexual assault ought not run for governor of California, but refuses to say he shouldn’t be expelled from Congress.
Rep. Eric Swalwell needs more friends like Warner.
Luckily, the entire Democrat party is filled with win-at-any-cost amoral characters, so Swalwell may stay in the House of Representatives. Only the Republicans - working together as they so rarely do - can put a boot up this slimy man’s butt and kick him out.
For those who haven’t been paying attention, California has a peculiar way of staging gubernatorial elections. They run jungle primaries, where Republicans and Democrats run together and the top-two vote getters face off in the November elections.
But look at this. This is the slate running this spring:
Xavier Becerra, Democrat, former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and former California Attorney General
Chad Bianco, Republican, Riverside County Sheriff
Steve Hilton, Republican, Fox News contributor and former adviser to conservative British prime minister David Cameron
Matt Mahan, Democrat, mayor of San Jose
Katie Porter, Democrat, former U.S. representative representing Orange County
Tom Steyer, Democrat, billionaire entrepreneur and former presidential candidate
Eric Swalwell, Democrat, U.S. representative from the Bay Area
Tony Thurmond, Democrat, state superintendent of public instruction
Antonio Villaraigosa, Democrat, former mayor of Los Angeles and former Assembly Speaker
Betty Yee, Democrat, former state Controller
Yep, that’s eight Democrats and two Republicans. And something unimaginable has happened in the polls.
Sitting down? I’ll let The New York Times tell you:
Republicans typically struggle to win statewide races in deep-blue California, but a large group of Democrats have split the state’s liberal voters, leaving two Republicans near the top of early primary polls.
Yup, as it stood last week, there was a chance that the Dems would eat each other and two GOP candidates would fight it out for the top job.
The Dem party favorite is not the unctuous Eric Swalwell, the congressman who once canoodled with a Chinese spy, but Katie Porter, the very odd woman who once dumped red hot mashed potatoes on her now ex-husband’s head.
But to partisan hacks even a domestic abuser is preferable to a Republican, so the word went on on Friday that Swalwell was a sex maniac. An open secret in Washington for at least 13 years. On Friday, out of nowhere, women miraculously materialized to accuse him of all sorts of repulsive behavior and right on cue, every leading Democrat in the country issued a statement telling Swalwell to get out of the race.
By Sunday evening Swalwell announced he was “suspending” his campaign for governor. His name will remain on the ballot, however, since it’s past the dropout deadline.
Here’s Hakeem Jeffries:
Oh, he’s very disgusted with Swalwell. A man being accused of sexual crimes cannot remain in the race for governor of California.
But did you notice what Jeffries DIDN’T call for? He didn’t demand that Swalwell leave the House.
Dems NEED his vote and they don’t care how many women Swalwell may - or may not - have assaulted, or how many pictures of his genitals he allegedly sent to aides. This isn’t about standards, it’s about maintaining Democrat control in Sacramento.
Once you see what the Democrat Party is doing to Swalwell you almost feel sorry for the oily alleged predator.
I’m kidding of course.
