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Sibelius Fan

(24,817 posts)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:59 PM 21 hrs ago

Swalwell should drop out of the CA Gov race, but not resign from the House

Rs will scream for his resignation. His response should be “I stand accused, not convicted. The convicted rapist tRump should be the one resigning.”

I know…

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Swalwell should drop out of the CA Gov race, but not resign from the House (Original Post) Sibelius Fan 21 hrs ago OP
I totally disagree.... FarPoint 20 hrs ago #1
This message was self-deleted by its author FarPoint 20 hrs ago #2
I can't believe I just read someone saying she was drunk so she wanted it EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #4
Yuck jfz9580m 7 hrs ago #15
Democratic staffers make that seem extremely unlikely. EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #3
The police have rape kits. STI and pregnancy tests are common Nixie 17 hrs ago #11
So she kept the results of a random test just in case she decided to make a false allegation later? EdmondDantes_ 17 hrs ago #12
The allegation being that she was raped? Nixie 15 hrs ago #13
I agree with you. Raven123 20 hrs ago #5
Only if Cory Mills and Tony Gonzales Deep State Witch 19 hrs ago #6
I agree with this. Let there be an ethics investigation in the House. FascismIsDeath 19 hrs ago #7
Strongly Disagree ABC123Easy 19 hrs ago #8
Are you forgetting ABC123Easy 19 hrs ago #9
Swalwell has ended his campaign. Has not resigned House seat per NBC. Sibelius Fan 18 hrs ago #10
yep: "I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I've made in my past," eShirl 15 hrs ago #14
The House leadership is working a deal madville 7 hrs ago #16

Response to FarPoint (Reply #1)

EdmondDantes_

(1,914 posts)
4. I can't believe I just read someone saying she was drunk so she wanted it
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:19 PM
20 hrs ago

What year are we in? That's an absurd claim.

jfz9580m

(17,324 posts)
15. Yuck
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:10 AM
7 hrs ago
The one victim is dicey at best because the bar they went to, she got drunk, I mean really drunk and he offered to put her in an Uber. She wanted to.go.home with him. I mean kinda person gets drunk with a man and then goes back to his apartment? Then she comes back 4 years later to get drunk with him again? Something ain't right here.


What kind of person takes advantage of someone who is too out of it to consent?

Contradictory behavior is common in women under stress. I know the headspace. Where when you are around enough misbehavior or feel trapped in a hostage situation, you feel caught between systems that do not give a shit and equally scary mob backlash behavior that you just know will in the long run work against women even more. As your expectations of society degrade you get -or okay I did -you get stupider and more and more dazed.
I am lucky to have gotten out of it. And mine was a different type of hell - machinic hell.

We have seen this too many times to not wise up from the left. Shitty behavior or stupidity only seems to work for the right and that too the most dishonest, corrupt type of right (whicg is all that is there anymore)

. It doesn’t mean it should be what Merrick Garland considers due process (he actually helped break my own tendency to grovel to the system, however unreasonable, out of a desire to avoid the style of rule breaking the right uses. Especially as an mj user always stressed by the legal status of mj).

I am lucky in being a loner who doesn’t like socializing. I thought that was the one plus of the pandemic.
But that is not most people. And so for me it has mostly been creepy machines. Creepy humans are way worse and way more stressful. Creepy machines are more disorienting as that’s more unfamiliar. I am finally catching up.

I support these women. Anonymous female complainants should have more support rather than being viewed as shadier somehow.
Who would want to put up with some men’s rights dimwit casting asparagus like this and getting all twitchy if they end up doxxed and outed themselves.

EdmondDantes_

(1,914 posts)
3. Democratic staffers make that seem extremely unlikely.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:16 PM
20 hrs ago

If you're referring to the claim that Roger Stone said something, that's because this was brewing on social media for weeks in liberal circles.

https://www.smobserved.com/story/2026/04/06/news/social-media-circulates-allegations-of-inappropriate-sexual-relationships-with-interns-ndas-involving-rep-eric-swalwell/9761.html

It also ignores the contemporaneous corroboration and the texts and one victim getting STI and pregnancy tests after the attack.

Nixie

(18,000 posts)
11. The police have rape kits. STI and pregnancy tests are common
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:32 PM
17 hrs ago

for any sexually active person.

EdmondDantes_

(1,914 posts)
12. So she kept the results of a random test just in case she decided to make a false allegation later?
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:53 PM
17 hrs ago

Oh and she told people in her life at the time and got Swalwell to send inappropriate texts. Oh and got other independent people to do the same.

Anything at all to avoid believing victims.

Nixie

(18,000 posts)
13. The allegation being that she was raped?
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:30 AM
15 hrs ago

If she was drunk (the word used in the article), how does she explain what happened to the police. But police have rape kits. Semen samples and a doctor examination plus a police report help her allegations more than STI and pregnancy tests. Every sexually active person takes those tests at some point.

Raven123

(7,848 posts)
5. I agree with you.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:30 PM
20 hrs ago

The accusations should be taken seriously, investigated and go from there.

FascismIsDeath

(199 posts)
7. I agree with this. Let there be an ethics investigation in the House.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:16 PM
19 hrs ago

I think he probably did something bad at this point but there is a due process in Congress and it should play out. He should definitely drop out of the Governor's race, if he doesn't, that lets me know that his ego and levels of stupidity are both very high.

ABC123Easy

(303 posts)
8. Strongly Disagree
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:23 PM
19 hrs ago

He should NOT drop out of the CA Governor race NOR the House.

This is nuts. He stands ACCUSED not CONVICTED. Don't his constituents deserve to have these accusations investigated?

Why is any dem for Al Frankening our best candidates?

This is idiocy. Let's investigate the accusations like the adults we are.

ABC123Easy

(303 posts)
9. Are you forgetting
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:43 PM
19 hrs ago

That Trump directed Kash Patel to go after Swalwell and find something on him? Are you also forgetting Roger Stone and what he has done numerous times?

This is a circular firing squad

madville

(7,849 posts)
16. The House leadership is working a deal
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:16 AM
7 hrs ago

To probably expel Swalwell and that Texas Republican at the same time, read about it yesterday. It would be an even trade with no impact on voting power in the House.

There’s also another Florida Republican that is accused of something and that female Democrat who is indicted federally for stealing COVID money, they might oust all 4 at the same time.

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