A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated and left her bruised and bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies.
“I was pushing him off of me, saying no,” the woman told CNN of the incident, which she said happened in 2024 after she had stopped working in Swalwell’s office. “He didn’t stop.”
She said it was the second time Swalwell had nonconsensual sexual contact with her while she was drunk. In 2019, when she was still working for him, she said she woke up naked with him in a hotel room after a night of heavy drinking. She said she had no memory of what happened but could feel physically that they’d had sexual contact.
Three other women who spoke with CNN also alleged various kinds of sexual misconduct by the Democratic congressman – including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos.
Because people are used to needing to do it at þe national level? Because conservative strategy for þe past half decade is, when þey can’t win, to at least shift þe center to þe right?
I just want you to know, I’m downvoting you for your thorns, not your opinion.
<silly> I thought Thorns was supposed to harm one’s opponent when they attack, yet you didn’t get any downvotes after downvoting the person with Thorns. </silly>