You mean like telling people about it at the time? Or maybe you mean the inappropriate texts? Or that multiple independent women accused him?Or that his staff thinks it checked out?

Or how about the receipt he brought in knowing exactly who to send cease and desists to in the middle of the night? If I was told someone I worked with accused me of assault I wouldn't have any idea who it was. Kind of awkward that he did.

“Who” was fomenting a smear? Seriously?

Would you know if an unnamed coworker were to accuse you?

If there was some cadre of employees conspiring against him and he knew, why not fire them before this point? Don't say he's too loyal to do that since he's apologized to his wife, so loyalty doesn't seem to be all that important.

It’s a textbook chapter in the GOP Book of Dirty Tricks.

I’m not saying you’re naive… but.

I'm not saying you don't believe victims who have corroboration because you are letting politics blind you, but...

If you think dumping Al Franken the was it was done by DEMS was the way, you do you.

Took her years until he was nominated for the Supreme Court. Obviously to avoid being hypocritical she must have been a conspiracy cooked up by some shady Democrat right?

Yes Democrats dumped Franken because 8 different women accused him of inappropriate behavior. Several of them had corroboration from people they told at the time, and at least one was a Democratic staffer.

https://www.twincities.com/2017/12/07/al-franken-sexual-misconduct-allegations-timeline-senator-minnesota/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42258477

You can't link the other 7 women to a conspiracy run by Roger Stone. But you can claim it was all Roger Stone's fault if you need to do that because you can't believe victims because the accused is a "good" guy with the right political affiliation.

and bad guys are just bad.

Sometimes, sadly, "good guys" aren't really good.

It is important we view our elected representatives as expendable. Or at least transactional. There are a lot of skeletons in a lot of closets amongst the ambitious elite. If I don't know, shame on them. Once I find out and I excuse it? Shame on me.

Roger Stone? Red herring. Misdirect. As relevant as the type of liquor used to date rape somebody.

the rt time wd b after he won the primary, not while ppl can make a different choice.
i’d say that’s the timing the survivors wanted. while there’s still time to avoid disaster.
that’s y they came forward NOW.

This is a good thing for the Democratic brand. We do not elect rapists.

This helps Democrats. This hurts Swalwell (and his family).

If this were a dirty trick, the simplest agent would be Steyer or Porter.

This is an arrogant man getting taken down by his arrogance.

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Then why is Alvin Bragg, the district attorney who secured 34 felony convictions against Trump, investigating him and setting up a tip line for alleged victims to come forward.

No ones call but theirs.

Everyone I've spoken to in my Bay Area circle of friends is disgusted with the man.

One imagines the anecdotal will succumb to polling in short order.

And there were 3 other supporters for him in my household. But no longer.
We all believe the women.
Time for him to tell the truth and move on.

So the vague online rumors about Mr. Swalwell were easier for supporters to dismiss as dirty politics — until the accounts landed with searing detail.

They described a former staff member who said Mr. Swalwell’s assault left her with bruises and vaginal bleeding. Another woman said he had touched her thigh and tried to kiss her during a night of heavy drinking together that ended in a hotel room. Two other women said Mr. Swalwell sent them unsolicited photos of his penis.

When Mr. Swalwell learned what the news outlets planned to publish, he scrambled early Friday morning to call leaders of the groups that had endorsed him, according to two people familiar with the calls. The forthcoming news reports, he told them, were false.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/us/california-democrats-eric-swalwell.html

Accused.
Accuser.
Facts.
Evidence.

And not in, nor necessarily, that order.

But it rarely means they're convictiing anyone... jsut holding different opnions. It's a tough old world.