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Eric Swalwell Learned a Valuable Lesson as His Career Burns to Ash

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Eric Swalwell Learned a Valuable Lesson as His Career Burns to Ash
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He was never going to become governor or president of the United States. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) will be remembered as the man whose career sank like the Yamato. It was a swift downfall, causing many to think it was a coordinated political attack. He got the Julius Caesar treatment, but Swalwell also learned a valuable lesson.

And that friendship will never outweigh ambition in politics. Some of these guys want to support future leaders and bigwigs. You can’t do that if you’re tied to someone accused of doing what Swalwell allegedly did.

For years, Democrats and media members claimed they knew about rumors of sexual misconduct and assault but did nothing. Ultimately, this was bound to surface. The rapid downfall of Swalwell’s entire career is shocking. He lost all support overnight—his endorsements and everything. It’s no surprise that he dropped out of the race for governor, where he was the front-runner, and later quit the Hill.

He tried to pivot, claiming this was an anonymous smear campaign by MAGA folks or something—this was a progressive hit job, my dude. He had some of his best friends endorse him and do commercials, but they all ran for the hills. Maybe he thought this group of friends would protect him, but they did not. 

Swalwell faced four women who accused him of being highly inappropriate toward them, while a former staffer claimed she was raped twice by the congressman—once in 2019 when she was a staffer, and again at a 2024 New York City charity event. She was no longer working for him at that point. That’s how the Manhattan District Attorney got involved; no one cuts checks to a man under investigation for rape. 

I knew Swalwell was weak, stupid, and wouldn’t have his career if it weren’t for representing a deep blue hellhole. I didn’t know the extent to which his entire career was held up by matchsticks. Someone decided to light one up, and the whole thing went up in flames. 

Supposedly, more Swalwell debauchery is coming down the pipe. We’ve already been subjected to the purported sex worker-on-bed video. What else is there? 

Swalwell will go down as a man who a) perfectly captured the clown show that is California politics, and b) probably the most inauthentic boob to ever hold a seat in Congress. 

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