Eric Swalwell, a creep when cornered

Eric Swalwell sure has a way with the ladies.The disgraced former congressman and California gubernatorial candidate was facing mounting accusations of sexual misconduct when his LinkedIn account sent requests to at least three women who were working for Tom Steyer’s campaign.According to reporting by The California Post, a male staffer for Steyer who tried to connect with Swalwell was blocked.The creepy online drama was apparently part of Swalwell’s damage control effort after it emerged that he had been accused of sexually assaulting one of his former aides, and had allegedly sexually harassed other women.Swalwell’s recklessness appears to have continued as the walls were closing in.It’s not clear what might have been gained by contacting female staffers for a rival campaign, but nothing good could possibly have come of it.For years, Swalwell enjoyed the patronage and protection of party leaders, notably Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who kept him on the House Intelligence Committee even after he had been accused of having a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story The price Swalwell paid for that kind of help was his willingness to be the party’s attack dog.Whether he was grilling witnesses in the Trump impeachment investigation, or attacking conservatives online, Swalwell threw away all standards of civility, honesty or basic decency.In 2020, Swalwell compared then-Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. Grenell, who is gay — and was, in fact, the first openly gay Cabinet member in any administration — would have been imprisoned by the Nazis.The Republican Jewish Coalition demanded that Swalwell apologize for his �...