Richard Grenell drops Eric Swalwell on his head after getting accused of hanging out with a Nazi

Greg P. | 9:02 AM on July 23, 2020

Rep. Eric Swalwell is accusing Amb. Richard Grenell of hanging out with a Nazi on the “taxpayer’s dime”:

In case it’s not clear: @RichardGrenell hung out with Nazis. In Germany. On Taxpayer’s dime. As your ambassador. pic.twitter.com/KAoayjQg5j

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 23, 2020

Except this was from a 4th of July party where all members of the German Bundestag were invited and the man in the photos is a member of the Bundestag so ¯_(ツ)_/¯?

You have a thing for pushing hoaxes.
First Russians, now Nazis.

This is a member of the German Bundestag where it’s illegal to be a Nazi.
This is from America’s 4th of July Party where all Bundestag members were invited. https://t.co/P98K28Yxj0

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) July 23, 2020

FWIW, the German politician is Petr Bystron, a member of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party:

Are you for real? @RichardGrenell, you, our Ambassador to Germany, palled around with a pro-Nazi member. @mehdirhasan, is this dude gaslighting us? https://t.co/MgffSkvBAQ

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 23, 2020

But can’t people, especially a sitting U.S. congressman, disagree with Bystron’s views without playing the Nazi card?

Obviously, for @RepSwalwell everybody can be a "Nazi" – even a political refugee from communist Czechoslovakia, who becam asylum in Germany and was later elected by the people of Germany into the Parliament.

Gosh, does he know what Nazi is? https://t.co/94WtvnjO7t

— ᴘᴇᴛʀ ʙʏsᴛʀᴏɴ (@PetrBystronAfD) July 23, 2020