Can You Smell the Fear From Eric Swalwell? (In His Case, That Smell May Be ... Something Else)

The strong odor everyone detected yesterday coming from the Democrats after Donald Trump sat down for a two-hour interview with Elon Musk on Monday night was the distinctive aroma of fear. In the case of infamous farter Eric Swalwell, however, it is entirely possible the scent of fear might be mixed with some other unpleasant emanation coming from the vicinity of his rear end.

We won't go too hard on Swalwell about his incontinent flatulence though. The fact that he slept with a Chinese spy for campaign cash is far more disgraceful and, more recently, the way he got housed by Ben Shapiro in a Congressional hearing is at least as funny.

The Trump-Musk interview maintained well over one million persistent viewers throughout its duration on Monday. Yesterday, rebroadcasts and retweets on Twitter and many other social media platforms had viewership reaching well over 70 million. Overall impressions online topped one billion. It might be the most viewed interview of this writer's lifetime, in fact.

Despite all of that, this is how Fang Fang's boyfriend reacted to the tsunami of views and reactions:

Last night’s Twitter interview — heard by no one — shows Trump is dodging the swing states. He just can’t get the crowds. But I heard he is popping into the Boca Book Club tonight.
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) August 13, 2024

LOL. 'Heard by no one.' Oh Eric, oh honey ... what is you doin'?

Not only did everyone hear it, but we are also certain that Swalwell was among them, probably crying with jealousy that no one would ever be that interested in anything that comes out of his mouth.

It probably goes without saying that Twitter ratioed Swalwell into the sun for this tweet. But we're going to say it anyway because it's fun and it makes us giggle with happiness.

“Heard by no one” is a weird way to say “26 million people”. pic.twitter.com/tD3tOxGya6
— BLAIRE WHITE (@MsBlaireWhite) August 13, 2024

Twenty-six million was just the initial number. As we mentioned, that number climbed into the stratosphere on Tuesday. (Since Musk was involved, we'll even say it may have reached Mars.)

They are super spooked. Harris's honeymoon seems to be ending (though she'll surely get a boost from the DNC next week), scandal-ridden Tim Walz never even had a honeymoon, and both Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance -- who is very good at this campaigning thing -- seem to be finding their stride.

Trump got a billion people to hear at least some of what he had to say Monday night, while Harris still won't sit for a single interview or hold a single press conference.

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— Freckled Liberty 🔥 (@FreckledLiberty) August 13, 2024

Yes, even without the Musk interview, we shouldn't forget that the left was going into fits of rage on Monday and Tuesday simply because Trump has returned to Twitter.

Let's hear it for 'mean tweets' over 'record inflation and a broken border.'

“Heard by no one….” Unlike the fart heard round the world by the guy who banged a Chinese spy. Probably farted on her too.
— SSGoodGirl (@USSGoodGirl) August 13, 2024

Eeew.

But also ... LOL.

I can’t even believe you are a real person. pic.twitter.com/Dr5ZYnj3cs
— JayJay McMaster, CD (@tantrumblue1) August 14, 2024

Someone should probably look into that. Swalwell might be as 'real' as the crowd sizes at Harris's rallies.

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— Tony Bruno Show (@TonyBrunoShow) August 13, 2024

He takes L's like he's trying for a gold medal, doesn't he? (We're not sure which nation's flag would be raised behind him though if he ever did get a medal.)

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— C. Auguste Dupin (@Net_Inquisitor) August 13, 2024

What a beautiful Community Note. At the time of this writing, it hadn't received enough ratings to be officially attached to Swalwell's tweet, but that surely is only a matter of time.