Eric Swalwell’s ‘best friend’ Sen. Ruben Gallego on verge of tears as he makes stunning admission about ‘predator’ pol: ‘I regret it’

New York Post ^ | April 15, 2026 | Patrick Reilly

[nickcarraway]

Disgraced ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell’s “best friend” on Capitol Hill, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, admitted he had heard rumors that Swalwell was “flirty” with women — but never confronted him about it.

Swalwell resigned from his California congressional seat on Tuesday after five women accused him of sexual misconduct and rape, which Gallego said completely blindsided him after Swalwell insisted the allegations were fake.

“I fell for it,” the Democrat said outside of his office in Washington, DC, adding that Swalwell “became very good at being a predator” and “extremely proficient at lying to us, lying to his family, lying to his community.” Gallego said Swalwell was known to be “flirty” with women, but after spending so much time with Swalwell’s wife and family, he began to think it was maybe not a fair characterization of the man he knew as a friend.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California
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[nickcarraway]

Has a Democrat ever gotten this treatment before, of completely being fed to the wolves?

[alexander_busek]

adding that Swalwell “became very good at being a predator” and “extremely proficient at lying to us, lying to his family, lying to his community.”

Maybe Swalwell should enter a new line of business and offer online seminars on "how to be a predator" and "how to lie to your friends, family, and community?"

Regards,

[clintonh8r]

Spare us, Ruben….. :eye roll:

[Jeff Vader]

Rod Blagowitch(sp?), former governor of IL, ended up in prison for trying to sell obama’s senate seat in 2009

[DIRTYSECRET]

Translation:

Better him than me.

[Fledermaus]

Resign Senator.

You were involved.

[dfwgator]

“That’s not the Eric Swalwell I know.”

[Opinionated Blowhard]

admitted he had heard rumors knew that Swalwell was “flirty” had sexually harassed young staffers and other women and potentially raped some

Fixed it. And give Gallego an Oscar for the teary performance.

[AuntB]

They pretty much did the same to Biden.
Remember the congressman who crossed the Clinton’s..they put him in jail.
Ohio Rep. James Traficant was expelled and later went to prison.

[Skwor]

Limited hangout.

Admit to something less bad in the hopes that appeases people just enough they do not dig any deeper.

This tells me Gallego is just as bad if not worse.

[PGR88]

Waahhh. I’m next!

[Leaning Right]

Democrat Al Franken was pushed out of the Senate for sexual misconduct allegations. That actually surprised me.

I guess Franken wasn’t high up enough in the Club.

[mass55th]

"Resign Senator. You were involved."

To be fair, Gallego only got to Congress in January 2025, so it's possible he'd only heard rumors, and never pursued the rumors. The guy is finding out what scumbags he works with.

[rdcbn1]

I'm sure that Ruben is very emotional on this topic.

And he is shocked - shocked at Swalwell’s behavior with women.

Unfortunately for Gallego , there is a video going viral with Swallwell and another guy on a bed with a teenage “sex worker”

The person taking the video was reportedly an underage young lady who may just be a sex worker herself.

The second guy appears to look a lot like Swally best bud and wingman Ruben Gallego. :-)

Now THAT is one of the few things on eart that could reduce a sitting Democrat Senator to tears.

Gallego has been a point man on the Democrat's Epstein operation.

And what was Epstein about?

Rich an powerful older men “abusing” poor innocent victims who just happen to be sex workers and, as Gallego has insisted, we must believe the victim.

This is almost too good to be true.

[Beowulf9]

Investigate Gallego. Sounds like he’s desperately trying to distance himself because he was involved.

[rktman]

So is he saying he knows what it’s like to become an excellent predator? Sound like he’s familiar with that activity.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Or maybe, like Clinton, they are feeding a sex story to hide something much bigger.

(China puppet)

[blackdog]

Regret is not rape according to Swallwell, so regret is also not an excuse for bad associations.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Right, we knew but a member of the club didn’t. Another Nick Shirley should be finding the women who the Congressional sex fund has paid off.

[albie]

When a dem is caught doing egregious and horrible acts (caught mind you) then it destroys the others facades who are also guilty of such acts.