Posted on 04/11/2019 6:18:58 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) appeared on Morning Joe Thursday, days after throwing his hat into the 2020 presidential race, and faced questioning over his claims during the Mueller investigation that President Donald Trump is an “agent of Russia.”
“You said even in January on MSNBC when you were asked by Chris Matthews if the President is an agent of Russia, you said yes,” MSNBC anchor Willie Geist asked the candidate, who is primarily known in the race for his opinions on gun control and Trump and Russia.
Geist also noted Trump “will undoubtedly” say Swalwell was “way out there on the question of his campaign’s relationship by Russia” in an attempt to discredit his campaign.
“Do you regret saying that?” Geist continued. “Or you do you still believe President Trump is still an agent of Russia? What do you mean by that?”
“He acts on their behalf, he too often puts their interests, too often, ahead of our own interests,” Swalwell replied.
Swalwell attempted to divert the conversation to income inequality in Russia, but Geist cut him off and again asked what the lawmaker means by accusing Trump of being an “agent” and “taking orders from Vladimir Putin.”
The California lawmaker laid out his speculative case on Trump’s vassal relationship with Putin:
““If he wasn’t taking orders, he wouldn’t take the interpreter’s note. If he wasn’t taking orders, He would release the report that said he’s 100 percent exonerated with and so why does he act so suspiciously with Russia in ways he doesn’t act with Theresa May or Macron or Trudeau all of my experience as a prosecutor tells me something wrong with the way he’s acting, the way that he’s lying and that we should all be concerned about it.”
Watch above, via MSNBC.
Typical ‘rat D-bag.
Swalwell is an Idiot. I am beginning to think that there must be some financial rewards for running for President. I wonder how many Looney Donors this idiot might attract?
Just another useful idiot.
This guy is the lowest of the low........
.......he knows nothing........
But he says godawful things b/c he believes it will advance his nowhere political agenda.
He couldnt even run a frat party....much less the US govt.
Basically: the way Trump is lying tells me that he is lying and that proves that Trump is a spy hired by Putin. QED
California RATs are a special kind of psychotic, stupid POS!
Swellhead says “Trump acts on Russia’s behalf, he too often puts their interests, too often, ahead of our own interests.”
Can this idiot describe one of those instances? (smirk)
It’s bad enough that scum like Swallwell are running for president, but it’s infinitely worse that some people would actually vote for this vile creature.
His patents and 3 brothers are conservative. The dad said I guess with 4 sons one of them would get it wrong. Lol
Swalwell wimps out.
That's the whole point for the majority of people who run for president now. They HAVE NOTHING to lose. They gain name ID and a strong chance of getting a book deal, cable contributorship, or admin post if their party wins. Plus they have ALL that money that they fundraised left over.
Yo just figured this out?
There’s a huge industry behind running for president. You have entities that are set up just for raising money, paying suppliers etc.
Are there kick backs? Of course. Even this AOC knew this and went from poor to wealthy.
It’s a business. You have any notoriety, and you can get money.
Esp SOROS money.
And of course, these dumb@ss democrats are thinking the more people we have running, the more votes...
Problem is, these people are going to eat each other up.
The Bernie people are not going to let someone cheat them again...
You have them all going after Biden, and he hasn’t even announce yet...
You have Schultz as an INDY.
Amazing...
And now you have Pelosi wanting to work with Trump. She sees that it would be foolish to fight the guy and side with the idiot left in her party...
So, she’s going to write them off my working with Trump...and just concede 2020.
YES...there is financial reward...all the money they raise, I believe they keep and deal out to other politicos (and themselves, one way or another)
I’ve followed links to Mediaite in the past and looked at their news articles. ALL...not most, but all news articles involving Trump or the GOP were negative. Or any positives were removed and replaced with far left narratives.
eric is such a nitwit. I believe he a puppet king of lesser nitwits everywhere. This back-bench, paycheck-cashing, waiting-for-retirement loser should resign immediately and self-exile. Such nitwittery is beyond the pall.
“all of my experience as a prosecutor tells me something wrong with the way he’s acting”
Ah, so it’s a “gut feeling”. Well, to quote High Fidelity, Swallwell, your guts have sh** for brains.
His patents and 3 brothers are conservative. The dad said I guess with 4 sons one of them would get it wrong. Lol
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I know how he feels. I have a sister who married a Catholic.
You and me both. There has got to be some sort of gravy-train thing going on. All these morons can’t actually think they could be POTUS could they?
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