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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,515 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:45 PM Tuesday

Another woman is accusing Eric Swalwell..he is a Bill Cosby level rapist

Drugging involved..like Bill Cosby.


No sugar coating it. Im glad these crimes were revealed before the primary election.

Hoping for justice for the victims

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Another woman is accusing Eric Swalwell..he is a Bill Cosby level rapist (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday OP
Assuming this is true durablend Tuesday #1
That's a very long list EdmondDantes_ Tuesday #5
We have a system that encourages the worst of us to enter politics biocube Tuesday #6
Trump's very existence, who moonscape Tuesday #16
Testosterone poisoning Easterncedar Tuesday #7
assuming this is true .... rampartd Tuesday #2
Yes MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #4
I cannot believe I am reading this question nt sarisataka Tuesday #10
I feel like it should be alertable in some way. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #11
I'm not surprised MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #3
Handsome, famous, powerful men can get all the consensual sex they want. Irish_Dem Tuesday #8
I am not alone in never hearing or seeing reports prior to last Friday of even rumors... hlthe2b Tuesday #9
Insiders knew..there was a whisper campaign BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #13
This message was self-deleted by its author hlthe2b Tuesday #15
You are not alone. Intractable Tuesday #17
Alleged crimes .... FarPoint Tuesday #12
I wish they'd been revealed long before the primary election... regnaD kciN Tuesday #14
Swalwell wasn't ahead of the Democratic pack. yardwork Tuesday #20
Here's the video of the survivor's press conference... PunkinPi Tuesday #18
I must be a horrible judge of character. When he was toying with the idea of running for President, my biggest Vinca Tuesday #19
I figured there is more to come. yardwork Tuesday #21

EdmondDantes_

(1,953 posts)
5. That's a very long list
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:49 PM
Tuesday

I don't know if it's patriarchy or something within men (and I am one) that predisposes many of us to horrible behavior, but there's something. Sure you sometimes see a woman who commits sex crimes but it's pretty rare and that tends to play out for a lot of crimes.

biocube

(234 posts)
6. We have a system that encourages the worst of us to enter politics
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:55 PM
Tuesday

I think Michelle Obama could've saved us from Trump in 2025, but I can't blame her not wanting to subject herself and her family to the blood sport that is politics today.

moonscape

(5,784 posts)
16. Trump's very existence, who
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:42 PM
Tuesday

he is, should have saved us from him.

The fact that wasn’t enough is dismaying.

Irish_Dem

(81,859 posts)
8. Handsome, famous, powerful men can get all the consensual sex they want.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:08 PM
Tuesday

Why do they need to drug women and rape them?

Not sure about sex.
About power, control, cruelty, violence.

hlthe2b

(114,187 posts)
9. I am not alone in never hearing or seeing reports prior to last Friday of even rumors...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:14 PM
Tuesday

I really liked Swalwell. I feel almost as devastated as if it were a close friend or family member whose very ugly "real" life had just been fully revealed to me.

What will be, will be and justice must prevail. But, just with Cosby and so many others, I am just done. sigh...

Response to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Reply #13)

Intractable

(2,288 posts)
17. You are not alone.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:50 PM
Tuesday

I'm talking about knowing things about Swalwell. This does not refer to aliens.

FarPoint

(14,875 posts)
12. Alleged crimes ....
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:32 PM
Tuesday

Let's not form a lynch mob mentality.... He resigned ...out of politics now ...If there are charges and a Court/ Trial...then call it for what it is ....

regnaD kciN

(27,672 posts)
14. I wish they'd been revealed long before the primary election...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:29 PM
Tuesday

…when we might not be faced with a real possibility of California’s only choice for governor in November being between two MAGAts.

yardwork

(69,466 posts)
20. Swalwell wasn't ahead of the Democratic pack.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 04:03 PM
Tuesday

He was in a cluster of Democrats, many of whom are now pulling ahead. Seems like this was good timing.

PunkinPi

(5,287 posts)
18. Here's the video of the survivor's press conference...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:52 PM
Tuesday
A woman named Lonna Drewes at a news conference just now accused Eric Swalwell of drugging her drink and sexually assaulting her. Here's part of her statement.


A woman named Lonna Drewes at a news conference just now accused Eric Swalwell of drugging her drink and sexually assaulting her. Here's part of her statement.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-14T16:49:55.348Z


Absolutely horrific.

Vinca

(54,144 posts)
19. I must be a horrible judge of character. When he was toying with the idea of running for President, my biggest
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:56 PM
Tuesday

complaint was he was too much of a nice guy. Too much of a boring milquetoast kind of guy. If all this is true, he's the exact opposite. Wish some of the questions would be answered like why it wasn't brought up before the last election or the election before that or the election before that? At least a hint of the rumors which people are now saying existed amongst his colleagues should have seeped out. It's hard to comprehend. One day nice guy, the next day felonious perv.

yardwork

(69,466 posts)
21. I figured there is more to come.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 04:04 PM
Tuesday

I think there will be more. People who drug and rape other people usually don't stop at only three or four victims.

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