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Flashback from Swalwell's Past [semi-satire]
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 15 March 2026 | John Semmens

Posted on 03/15/2026 12:02:55 PM PDT by John Semmens

In 2012, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif) won election to Congress by ousting 20-term incumbent Democrat Pete Stark in the general election. During the campaign Swalwell mocked Stark, saying "Stark lives in Maryland--2,850 miles from the district he claims to represent. I live in the district. I will make sure that I commute to Washington and always stay connected with my district. That means driving the roads of my district, shopping the businesses of my district, and the basic requirement, sleeping under a roof in the district."

Swalwell, now the leading candidate in the race to replace the retiring Gov. Gavin Newson in this November's elections, is facing demands that he be disqualified on the grounds that he doesn't live in the state. Rival gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer has filed a lawsuit alleging "Swalwell appears to live in California on paper only, making him unlikely to meet the basic residency requirements to run for Governor."

Swalwell claims to have been renting a room in a 1350 square foot home with another family in Livermore, California since 2017. The rest of his family lives in Washington, DC. Lee Fink, an Orange County attorney, says "there's red flags all over the place — that his neighbors don't know he's there suggests that he's not actually there." Michelle Jeung, a campaign consultant for the gubernatorial campaign of former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, expressed concern "that Swalwell's disqualification could result in a Republican winning the Governor's race."

Swalwell admitted that "the California Constitution includes a five-year residency requirement for gubernatorial candidates, but the Secretary of State's office considers the requirement unconstitutional and hasn't enforced it in many years. This whole 'residency' thing is just a political 'hit job' by my opponents. They know they can't beat me on the issues. They know I'm the best man for the job. They're desperately looking for some other way to take me out of the race."


TOPICS: Government; History; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: hypocrisy; residence; semisatire; steyer

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1 posted on 03/15/2026 12:02:55 PM PDT by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens

swallowswell.


2 posted on 03/15/2026 12:18:18 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: John Semmens

Does his Chinese Spy Girlfriend have a CA residency?


3 posted on 03/15/2026 12:32:56 PM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (That's)
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To: John Semmens

This Chinese spy schmuck Mr Fang Swallowell, D-DC (Rep for Lizard District) would take a ruined California and absolutely demolish it to ashes as Governor.


4 posted on 03/15/2026 12:41:45 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: John Semmens

To show you just how little this Bay Area filth thinks of you, he won’t even shave to make himself presentable to the public he proposes to lead from Sacramento!

Some men are destined to wear beards and mustaches, he ain’t one of them.

Maybe Fang-Fang convinced him he was “Real Man!”


5 posted on 03/15/2026 12:43:42 PM PDT by old school
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To: John Semmens

Only in California would you have a primary between two of the most odious government officials in the country: Eric Swallwell and Fortney “Pete” Stark.


6 posted on 03/15/2026 1:30:15 PM PDT by wrcase
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To: John Semmens

Pete Stark didn’t dip his pen in a Chinese inkwell


7 posted on 03/15/2026 2:00:47 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: John Semmens

Swalwell has to keep the family in DC so he’s free to romp with Chinese spies in Cali-fornia.


8 posted on 03/15/2026 2:26:39 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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