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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is facing heat for trying to discredit a user on X who said sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who is running for governor, will end up “kick[ing] his a–.”
Gallego, who has been friends with Swalwell for many years, also defended Swalwell for being “targeted” in a separate post on social media, arguing he is the subject of sexual misconduct allegations because he is “in first place.”
Swalwell has fiercely denied the allegations being elevated on social media by Democratically-aligned politicos, including Cheyenne Hunt, a former Capitol Hill staffer who is currently a nonprofit director at the group Gen-Z for Change, and Arielle Fodor, a “political content creator,” teacher and mother who dubs herself “Mrs. Frazzled” online.
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“Yeah I’m gonna be so real with you…Swalwell is a wrap. I’ve seen what I needed to see,” Fodor wrote on X under her pseudonym. “He isn’t going to sue ANYBODY over talking about this because discovery would kick his a–. Why this man ran for governor is BEYOND ME.”
In direct response, replying to a X post quoting her comment, Gallego shot back: “This person started to posting for the first time 3 days ago…”
Gallego’s post came at 1:53 a.m. on Tuesday night, and was subsequently followed up with another defending Swalwell: “When you are in first place, is when they target you,” Gallego said in the second tweet several hours later. “Eric is a fighter and he will win the Governors race.”
“WHOA this is a very very bad look by Gallego. There is no reason for him to proactively smear Dem women and advocates when 1) he should just wait…
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