The Democrats' smears, lies and yearbook skullduggery during the confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh back in 2018 was one of the most despicable displays in modern politics, and Rep. Eric Swalwell had his part in it.
A lot of GOP senators are unfairly holding #Kavanaugh victims to criminal law standards for their accounts. If that’s the case they should know this jury instruction: “The testimony of a SINGLE witness can prove any fact.”
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) September 24, 2018
The #Kavanaugh defenders are trying to stand on the process/timing of the allegation and wish to ignore its substance. Would they prefer that she never had come forward? Is that what they’re really suggesting?
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) September 17, 2018
Yep, Swalwell was in full blown "believe all women" mode back then.
Fast forward a few years and we now have this:
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.”
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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.
Swalwell now does not want us to "believe all women."
Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them. pic.twitter.com/bQSlCquD1U
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) April 11, 2026
Nice Community Note, Rep. Swalwell!
What? No f-bombs, @ericswalwell?
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) April 11, 2026
I can’t help but think about the way you treated Kavanaugh, all of the horrible things you said about him. How hard you worked to condemn him, to ruin his life, even though he was innocent.
And you want us to believe YOU? pic.twitter.com/9bxALzzGZW
Jonathan Turley's double standard detector is also beeping loudly:
Eric Swalwell is denying allegations of multiple women alleging misconduct ranging from groping to rape. He is hoping that voters will apply a different standard than the one he applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation...https://t.co/VUh6LUFzmi
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 10, 2026
...When Kavanaugh was asserting his innocence, Swalwell was leading the mob: “more and more cases that are separate and independent, that look the same, pretty soon a prosecutor starts to say to a jury … that the arrows are pointing in the same direction.”
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 10, 2026
Swalwell's learning the hard way that the idiom "ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun" now applies.
Color us not surprised... pic.twitter.com/2bs68SMXNj
— bigwoods🇺🇸 (@bigwoods86) April 10, 2026
Who knows, maybe Kavanaugh's getting a kick out of how things have unfolded:
Brett Kavanaugh watching Eric Swalwell this weekend: pic.twitter.com/8W6HuXvlTN
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) April 11, 2026
Hopefully Justice Kavanagh sends Swalwell printouts of some of his older "believe all survivors" posts along with a Pick-Me-Up Bouquet.
