Posted on 04/09/2026 12:51:04 PM PDT by Libloather
Competitors for California’s governorship are ramping up their attacks on leading Democratic candidate Eric Swalwell after claims this week that the congressman had inappropriate conduct with younger women in his office and working on his campaigns.
Lower-polling candidates are hoping to use the allegations to gain traction. One of them, former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, reportedly sought out a media outlet to elaborate on his new attacks against Swalwell.
On social media last night, Villaraigosa, a Democrat, accused Swalwell of ducking an event by the CalAsian Chamber of Commerce to avoid answering questions about the allegations.
“If you want to be Governor, you can’t hide when the questions get tough,” the former mayor said. “He skipped today’s forum to avoid questions from reporters for the same reason he skipped 68% of his votes in Congress since announcing his run for Governor.”
Swalwell responded by sharing a photo of a Sacramento town hall he hosted on Tuesday. He also took questions after that event, where he told reporters that “there has never been an allegation and there has never been a settlement.”
More competitive candidates are also making references. Former congresswoman Katie Porter is one of the three top Democrats in the race but has largely flown under the radar as the other two, Swalwell and billionaire Tom Steyer, have lobbed attacks against each other.
Porter told CNN she was concerned about the claims against Swalwell.
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Swalwell and Fang Fang have a sex tape, where he did well, disgusting acts with her, he in turn gave her intel regarding military bases which she gave to President Xi..so if you want to know how Iran knew exactly which bases to hit, that is how they knew, so Swalwell if these allegations are indeed true, needs to be hung for treasono
It all starts with the fact that he is an illegal candidate to begin with. He is not a resident of California.
Line I happened to hear from a pundit: The California Dem insiders wanted to eliminate one candidate in order to solidify the vote and shut down the GOP from winning. They chose Swalwell.
While I thoroughly despise Swalwell I want him to do down and suffer for more than some shrugged off situation where, like with Bill Clinton, they can say “all men are rotten but haven’t been found out yet.” They claimed back then all men are cheating on their wives like Clinton.
All the commercials and advertisements I have seen from the demonrat candidates is of them running against Donald Trump. For some reason they all think he is running for Governor now???
Vote for Bianco in the primary...it’s looking like Hilton is a lock for the top spot.
Swalwell-let nature take it’s course and he’ll finish 3rd. Don’t let the rich guy or the fat 2 bagger-Porter-gain too much advantage. Mail-in votes start when-May 5? Decide then when and who to vote for. We have an opportunity, a big one here. Are we smart enough to take advantage?
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