Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress Following Sexual Assault Allegations
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) says he plans to resign his seat in Congress. Swalwell posted a statement to X Monday afternoon.
  • sensualsunset@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    can’t believe all the outlets say ‘misconduct’ too. hate to link CNN but the interview is so clearly rape. sounds like roofies. disgusting, wish media would use more descriptive language too.

  • FaygoRedPop@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Democrats are stupid. They could have just pretended it didn’t happen and then have the DOJ cover it up and blame brown people and Joe Biden for their problems.

  • pivot_root@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    The accuser, appearing on CNN in shadow, told Pamela Brown:

    “I remember the next day, I can see flashes of that evening, of him on top of me, me pushing him off, him grabbing me. It was a lot more aggressive — it was aggressive.

    “Did you say no?” Brown asked her.

    I’m sorry, but why does this even need to be asked? When it comes to consent, anything less than an enthusiastic “yes” is auto-fucking-matically a “no”.

    Victim-blaming scumbag.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      “Did you say no?” Brown asked her.

      Brown’s logic:

      “Your honor, my client, before wrestling Mr Smith to the ground, putting a gun to his face, and then pulling the trigger, heard no verbal statement from Mr Smith saying ‘Do not kill me’. In light of this you must drop these murder charges and let my client go free.” /s

  • Hayduke@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    What a dickhead. May justice be applied where necessary.

    Perhaps one of the most important takeaways here is that at no point did the democratic party promote unyielding defense or support for Swalwell. They don’t have the level of “party over people” that republicans demonstrate when something similar happens. Remind your conservative acquaintances of that.

    • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 days ago

      Apparently this was a known thing around Washington and they just cut him loose when they needed to.

      Both parties cover this shit up.

    • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Yeah but this eating our own while Republicans stay in office only benefits R’s.

      I know Gonzales “retired”, but that is by and large the exception AND only happened after Dems experienced an equal loss of one, leaving the House math unchanged. We need to stop taking the high ground while the rules are unequally applied.

      • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        He raped someone. Are you saying we should let him continue on as if nothing happened in order to own the Republicans?

        • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
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          4 days ago

          I’m saying that in this moment we should play by the same rules Republicans do. Stop beating ourselves with self imposed rules that, last time I checked, are doing jack shit to help the nation.

          Once we’ve fixed THAT problem we can return to the moral high ground.

          Unless of course you enjoy living under this fascist regime.

          Get rid of the rapist in the White House and work our way down.

          • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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            4 days ago

            Unless of course you enjoy living under this fascist regime.

            If we abandon the rules because its convenient for us, even if we win, we’d be living under a fascist regime. The only difference would be it would be one of our own making instead of someone else’s.

          • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            4 days ago

            I disagree. Fewer rapists is an improvement. Getting rid of rapists isn’t the moral high ground, it’s a necessary moral imperative. Id rather have one party that acts like Republicans than two.

        • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
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          4 days ago

          Agreed; my issue is with the unequally applied rules. They should ALL be gone, but until that’s the case let’s stop shooting ourselves in the foot while Republicans laugh their way to corrupt majorities.

          • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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            4 days ago

            As if the Republicans are even playing by the rules at this point…Are you seriously defending a guy who violently raped someone?

            At no point is it acceptable to let them off the hook, politics or no politics.

            You’d be saying something completely different if you’d ever experienced something like this.

            • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
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              4 days ago

              Okay, did I miss something? Did more evidence come out today? From what I’d heard they were simply allegations at this point. And as a country we’ve show men how we treat those cough Epstein cough.

              So again I ask, why the disparate treatment? The moral high ground means Jack shit if they take over for good.

      • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 days ago

        Swalwell leaving doesn’t change the majority the Republicans already hold in the house, and he’s in a very safe seat in California so whoever replaced him will be a democract too. This guy is like Cuomo, dead weight and we should cut him lose to show some integrity, not latch on to any of these corporate democrats because they’ve got a d next to there name.