Eric Swalwell Announced His Candidacy Tonight And People's Reactions Are Priceless

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) on Monday announced his intention for running for president on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."

Eric Swalwell on The Late Show: "I'm running for President of the United States." pic.twitter.com/4A4cES1nUx

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 8, 2019

His campaign's theme is "Let's go big, be bold and do good," which can be seen in his promo video:

Are you ready America? Let's go big, be bold, and do good! pic.twitter.com/gk9SPDT4FN

— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) April 8, 2019

Not everyone was excited about the what they saw. In fact, Swalwell has made a name for himself as anti-gunner and, like practically every other 2020 Democrat, plans to run on the gun control issue. 

While he wants to be known as a strong supporter of "gun safety," his claim to fame is wanting to nuke gun owners. 

Meet wannabe nuker-in-chief Eric Swalwell. pic.twitter.com/rMAYQJEWRA

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 9, 2019

Eric Swalwell, the guy who said he would nuke America in a tweet, has just announced he is running for President.

2020 is going to be hilarious ??

— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) April 9, 2019

Swalwell campaign slogan: “Turn in your guns or I’ll nuke you” https://t.co/nKUbDiiWaT

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 4, 2019

Nice. Rep. Eric Swalwell AKA Duke Nukem who wants to nuke gun owners, is running for president.

— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) April 9, 2019

Would rather go to the dentist and get my teeth drilled with no Novocain #fixit https://t.co/yDy7Q0UeX3

— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) April 8, 2019

And then there are those who can't even take his candidacy seriously.

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Voters “This field of candidates couldn’t get any dumber!”
Swalwell, “Hold my Zima.”

He should’ve gone with “Submit, we have nukes.” https://t.co/6oav6yHHso

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) April 8, 2019

Eric Swalwell enters the Presidential race and has immediately taken the lead as the most unrecognizably generic white guy.

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) April 9, 2019

When your candidacy is a joke, what better place to announce it than on a comedy show? Eric Swalwell

— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) April 8, 2019

Eric Swalwell has 32,000 Facebook followers. Looks like there's some huge interest in his campaign. hahahahahaha! #Loser2020

— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) April 9, 2019

Congrats to Swalwell and his family, no doubt the only 4 people even mildly excited by this https://t.co/OkzWuD56JA

— Secular Talk (@KyleKulinski) April 8, 2019

Bet he's second guessing wanting to nuke gun owners. But hey, the clown car is turning into a clown parade. And it's great news for President Trump.