Swalwell knifed by a party that long sheltered him

Monday, April 20, 2026

For years, the Democratic establishment appeared to have known enough about Eric Swalwell to worry, whisper and warn. But not enough, apparently, to do anything. As people recount it now, allegations about his behavior toward women have long circulated among Hill staff, California Democrats, Alameda County political figures, and reporters " some dating back to 2013, when he was first elected to Congress " yet none of this ever materialized into actual consequences for the now-disgraced former lawmaker

Posted by BellRinger at 12:01 AM | 32 COMMENTS | permalink

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Now do the GOP and Pres Trump.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-20 12:05 AM

LOL. Swalwell thread #9.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-20 12:16 AM

@#2

Yeah, it seems to be all the trolls have of late ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-20 12:20 AM

Yeah, it seems to be all the trolls have of late ...

We'll always have trans.

Wars must not be going well.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-20 12:22 AM

It's the only thread about Swalwell on the front or back page and it's the only one that I've seen posted at all that discussed this side of the story.

But yeah, a thread about Melania supposedly hating her husband is riveting news.

#5 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-20 12:37 AM

" ... this side of the story."

Is this the part where a Democrat gets condemned for what a Republican can do without repercussions?

Is this Al Franken, Part Deux?

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-20 12:49 AM

@#5 ... It's the only thread about Swalwell on the front or back page ...

FTFY ...

It's the only thread about Swalwell currently on the front or back page.

Do try harder in your current alias' trolling.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-20 12:50 AM

@#5 ... But yeah, a thread about Melania supposedly hating her husband is riveting news. ...

Quite curious that your trolling seems to focus upo calling out that thread.

Why?

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-20 12:53 AM

There's at least three videos of her scowling at him when he turns away. Even more of Melania batting his hand away. She loathes him.

#9 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-04-20 12:54 AM

LOL. Swalwell thread #9.
#2 | POSTED BY REDIAL

Sheeeeesh there's number of threads about Trump on the front page on any given day for close to 9 years now.

This is the prisoner getting shived for not doing what he was told, plain and simple.

Is this the part where a Democrat gets condemned for what a Republican can do without repercussions?

There's a whole slush fund of taxpayer moeny where both parties are hiding this ----, for just this reason.

Dems just taking out someone that got out of line.

"It was revenge for FengFeng, and a lot of other things. And there was nothing that Lumpers could do about it. FengFeng was a made woman and Swalwell wasn't. And we had to sit still and take it. It was among the Democrat Elite. It was real grease ball ----."

#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-20 01:09 AM

Democrats aired out Swalwell's dirty laundry now while the party has time to shift, instead of waiting for republicans to do it in October.

Who cares about Swalwell, he's out.

Meanwhile. Trump is literally a------------ and republicans are quitting Catholicism for him.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 01:14 AM

@#11 ... Who cares about Swalwell, he's out. ...

It appears a troll farm has a stake in the issue.

The question becomes... why?

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-20 01:23 AM

" Is this the part where a Democrat gets condemned for what a Republican can do without repercussions?"

He was a useful henchman for the party until he put the party at risk in California. So he had to be jettisoned. And he was. And the MSM played their role just like they did when their party overlords told them to gut Biden after his disastrous debate so they could insert Harris and hope she had a better chance.

Like Clinton, Trump won in spite of his personal boorishness.

Both parties are morally bankrupt. This thread is yet another of countless examples of the Democrat Party being morally repugnant. With the MSM being their toadies. The GOP has been the same with Trump but it's mostly because he won, just like Clinton.

In my more recent experience lefties refuse to acknowledge the moral bankruptcy of the Democrat Party.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-20 02:01 AM

Sheeeeesh there's number of threads about Trump on the front page on any given day

Maybe because Lewzer is a rage tweeting lunatic that also happens to be POTUS?

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-20 02:22 AM

@#14 ... Maybe because Lewzer is a rage tweeting lunatic that also happens to be POTUS? ...

I cannot disagree.

But to your point, Pres Trump seems to actually want the attention he seems to crave via those social media posts.

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-20 02:36 AM

Trump won ~~in spite of~~ thanks to his personal boorishness.

MAGA was drawn to Trump because he's a hateful, racist, jackhole.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 02:43 AM

Pres Trump seems to actually want the attention he seems to crave

Trump feeds on attention.

There hasn't been a day since 2015 were he hasn't been in the news.

He makes sure of it.

#17 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 02:46 AM

"Trump feeds on attention."

Yes.

Much like ol' stinkerbell.

Any you clowns are more than happy to feed his disgusting appetite.

#18 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-04-20 08:16 AM

-MAGA was drawn to Trump because he's a hateful, racist, jackhole.

And he's a republican. The alternative was a democrat.

Surely you're not suggesting that if Trump was nicer, then he might have lost to Harris, are you?

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2026-04-20 08:30 AM

-In my more recent experience lefties refuse to acknowledge the moral bankruptcy of the Democrat Party.

It's a minor inconvenience to partisans on both sides.

"Our ---- stinks but wow....the other side is just downright rancid."

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2026-04-20 08:32 AM

But yeah, a thread about Melania supposedly hating her husband is riveting news.
#5 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

I
REALLY
DON'T
CARE
DO U?

But then again, we're talking a thread that includes greasy agents of sleazy models, greasy "models" and their sleazy "agents," a suspicious Genius Visa, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, a hubby who grabs pooshie and proclaims himself MAGAJesus, thievery on a gigantic scale? Please, do post. Thank you for your attention to this matter

#21 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-20 08:36 AM

Funny. Dems clean their house and people like pedoringer whine it wasn't fast enough.

Meanwhile, they still go to bat for the guy with the most mentions in the Epstein files who was Epstein's best friend for years, who admitted to being a serial serial predator on tape ect act all while he destroys the world order that has provided us with the wealth and living standard we're accustomed to.

In other words, pedoringer, stfu and gfy.

#22 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-20 08:46 AM

Both parties
#13 | Posted by BellRinger

LOL

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-20 09:01 AM

Ballwasher the pedophile can shut the ---- up and sit the ---- down

#24 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-20 10:48 AM

" 22 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2026-04-20 08:46 AM | FLAG: "

They didn't "clean house ", moron. They shivved a political liability and his vacated seat will remain in Dem control. You will don a tinfoil hat when it comes to the assassination attempt on Trump or the FCC "instilling Bari Weiss (a political moderate) at CBS" and then act like everything handled around Swalwell was above the board and the Democrat Party is pure as driven snow.

#25 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-20 10:55 AM

In my more recent experience lefties refuse to acknowledge the moral bankruptcy of the Democrat Party.
#13 | Posted by BellRinger

^
Democrat gets snubbed by the Democratic party for his moral failings.

I guess the moral bankruptcy is not circling the wagons around one of their own, like Republicans rallying round our rapist President.

#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-20 10:58 AM

They shivved a political liability
#25 | Posted by BellRinger

That sounds like the morally responsible thing to do.

Do you disagree?
Were they supposed to carry it to term?

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-20 11:04 AM

#25 bell boi ... there is no such thing.

#28 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 11:11 AM

They shivved a political liability