Maybe they want to get elected so they can get laid

Neither is laudable but the latter can land you in the hoosegow.

Well, except for the acid and murder thing.

very hard to process...............

together until now.

No one on his staff knew what a scumbag this guy was? Really?

This could have been catastrophic for our side if it happened during the run off.

But this has been an open secret in some political circles for some time; people definitely knew.

about men from all over the political spectrum. But Swalwell was an articulate, forceful spokesman for liberal issues - and nevertheless he betrayed us in the most egregious way possible by pretending to be someone who spoke for abused women. Release the Epstein files, he said. “Every member of the Judiciary Committee, every Republican, every Democrat voted to release these documents and to have them in our hands,” he said. “They were supposed to be in our hands so that we could stand up for victims and to make sure that we know the names of the people who enabled Jeffrey Epstein,” he said back in December. https://www.ms.now/news/eric-swalwell-hearings-epstein-files-trump-administration-accountability "Stand up for victims"? Hello? A guy credibly accused of drugging, raping and choking a woman says what? Did he think it was OK while Epstein's actions weren't because the women he abused were adults? WTAF? Jesus on a pogo stick, what's wrong with these men?

He belongs in prison. Maybe he and dump could be cellmates? 🤭

This has become quite a scam

Unfortunately it has. I feel for his victims and his family.

When the dust settles, I hope the truth comes out but it’s being tried in public for now and that’s what happens when it becomes sensational

I was in wait and see mode over the weekend. The corroborating evidence and the fact that no one defended him convinced me to pick a side.

Shocked, and with a sense that somehow I shouldn't be. As if I should have known, and why didn't I, and how couldn't I, or how can I, or what the hell... I encountered asshole men as a young woman, but I'm too far removed to have any kind of radar for this kind of crap in DC, and why should I?

I'm just at a total loss, and completely surprised.

Let's see the complete evidence and then deal out the damnation.

if this was fake what would be the point now ?

And listening to it she sounds very believable.

They would have inculpated or exculpated him.

It one of the reasons I continue to think he was innocent. The fact that Swalwell didn't is telling.

to step down. I read one statement from Swalwell where he mentioned that due process includes an investigation, but he resigned very quickly.

The important thing is that the accusations against Swalwell involve FAR more serious alleged wrongdoing. The worst thing anyone said about Franken was that he put his arm around someone who didn't want him to do that.

I don't want to relitigate it. What Swalwell is accused of goes infinitely further.

The states of New York and California are currently conducting criminal investigations against him. I'm sure their DAs would welcome anything that the House came up with.

Is very different from prosecution vs. what actually happened.

Until those components are sorted...

He could have compelled the House Ethics Committee to do an investigation that would have inculpated or exculpated him.

I think both were told there were enough votes to kick them out so they should resign or be voted out.

So both ended up resigning. He can still fight the accusations though.

after this. He didn't get anywhere close to winning though . But if he had I'm guessing this would have come out.

...did this our Eric feed
That he was grown so great?

He’s been an elected official for at least a couple congressional cycles. Only the governor’s run started these allegations.

I am so disappointed in him. I thought he was one of the good guys.

she spoke out.

going to a hotel room drunk and saying you don’t know for sure what happened due to intoxication. I can’t imagine a situation where someone was choking me and I wouldn’t go to the police. That’s more like attempted murder.

If you were afraid you wouldn’t be believed or the police would not act if you reported rape, for example, why would you think they’d believe you or take action when you report choking? And if they did believe and act, he could say “it was consensual rough sex” or deny it altogether. If you were afraid that the rapist was powerful and could harm your career if you reported it, wouldn’t you have the same concern about choking?

from someone trying to murder you. “Takes like these”. Maybe a few women would get murdered, but at least we’re warned about the wrong takes so don’t tell anyone.

Are assaulted. Read the RAINN website; read the scholarly research on what happens to survivors.

I will file a police report.

And he did for a while, but I’m glad these women got the courage to speak up.

nt.

Text messages, conversations with friends and her partner, and medical records. Despite that evidence, you insult victims. The man is under investigation for rape, with an open criminal case in Manhattan. Rapists rarely stop at one victim.

“Influencer” who originally broke the story:

OMG! And you have to imagine there are still others who are too intimidated to come forward.

This is so bad.

it can be easy to brush off the accusers because we want to believe it's a political scandal. As the numbers add up and someone like this woman summons the courage to say her piece in front of the world, there's nobody who shouldn't be willing to hear their stories and consider the full weight of their words.

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