Swalwell Campaign For CA Governor Imploding After Sexual Assault Allegation

At this point, all you can do is laugh. The best (which is also the worst) case scenario is that Californians are going to end up with that elderly hedge fund billionaire “Tom Steyer”—who invested nearly $100 million in prisons and ICE detention facilities—as our next governor, solely because the old creep bought himself the win. On the bright side, things can’t get any worse here, or anywhere, so I suppose it doesn’t matter. Via Politico: > Multiple people have abruptly resigned from Rep. Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign, throwing the durability of his operation into question after the California Democrat repeatedly this week denied allegations of sexual misconduct. The resignations came just before the San Francisco Chronicle published a report Friday afternoon reporting that a former staffer claims Swalwell had sexual encounters with her while working for him, and that he sexually assaulted her twice when she was too drunk to consent. A spokesperson couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Friday about the campaign staff departures, but Swalwell released a statement broadly denying the allegations. Details on the alleged assault—including accusations that Swalwell sent the 21-year-old staffer dick pics, demanded a blowjob after pulling out his cock in front of her, and had nonconsensual sex with her while she was “blacked out” drunk—are here.