David Friedberg: Eric Swalwell's allegations were held for the perfect moment to take him out
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Brief Summary
Eric Slaw resigns amid allegations; insiders influence California's gubernatorial race.
Key points
- Eric Slaw Exits Governor Race. Eric Slaw has officially withdrawn from the governor's race amid serious allegations.
- Rumors and Revelations. Multiple sources reveal troubling allegations against a candidate, raising questions about timing and intent.
- Katie Porter: The Preferred Candidate. Insider dynamics in the Democratic party suggest Katie Porter is the establishment's choice for governor.
Transcript
Eric Slaw is out of the governor's race. There's a lot of dark stuff that's been released. He is innocent until proven guilty, but it's not looking good. He also resigned from Congress, Jac, back in December when it was first rumored that Swallwell was going to run for governor. I started making some calls to various folks to be like, "Hey, what do we think of this guy? Is he gonna be a good candidate?" I spoke to several people who independently told me that there's knowledge about this guy sending pics to employees and that this guy has a bunch of stuff that's going to come out about him. And I largely kind of dismissed it cuz I was like, if this is
true, this would have all come out already. If multiple people are telling me about this, then I've got to assume that it's a rumor that's being used to block him from running for governor. And then everything that I had been told started to come out in the last week. So the striking aspect of all of this for me was how much knowledge there was about these various incidents with the guy? How so many people had this knowledge and how no one had actually brought the knowledge to bear? Which begs the question, why did they not do what was right by the victims? Or why did the victims sit on the sidelines waiting for the right moment to all come out together? These were all being held
back purposefully and deliberately for a very particular moment in time when they were all brought forward to be used. And that's what was so striking to me is just how coordinated all of this. >> Who's controlling it? Who do you think like is there like a meeting? >> My sense of it is that there are certain insiders and he's not an insider. Katie Porter, I think, is who the Democratic establishment wants to be governor. She's an insider to national Democrat. She's an insider to California Democrats. And I think that she's the preferred candidate.
