I'm going say with the upmost respect for the rule of law.

[imanamerican63]

If you break any laws and try to deny it? You definitely deserve the repercussions of your behavior and actions!

If you sexually assault someone you need to be punished. I don’t care if you are powerful or not.

But to defend or overlook the situation? You’re complicit in the situation.

If you knew it was going on and you wanted the victim not say anything? You’re complicit in this too!

The Swalwell case is disturbing and I’m not sure what to say. If he did this? Then he needs to face the consequences. In order to save any future embarrassment, he probably should resign and drop out of the Governor race. If he can prove this never happened? I’m hoping he can get back his reputation.

Although, there is blatantly obvious hypocrisy out there! And it is wrapped around the Epstein scandal.

No one should be treated differently and yet no one is above the law, period. This all is coming out because men have no respect for women.

I’m a male, yet I was taught to be respectful and treated women with the dignity they deserve. I have 6 sisters and many female relatives, so I know how to respect them.

Men think women are objects and they are far from it and are human beings too.

I have been around so many guys who say absolutely horrible things about women. I don’t let them get away with either.

So, this horrible treatment of women need to stop. I don’t care if it’s the president to a low life individual.

[Walleye]

1. Swalwell should qiit the race

[EdmondDantes_]

2. Unfortunately people still want to find reasons to not believe victims

It should be embarrassing to still be doing that.

[chowder66]

5. People are cynical because of how close this is to our election; hence the initial defensiveness.

Our politics are at the dirtiest levels ever known, I believe people are a bit gun shy about the Al Franken take down as well.

They may need a minute to process. Some will defend until they turn blue and I think reasonable people will follow the facts as they come out.
Right now it is allegations with supposed evidence that I do not think has been published. This leaves room for speculation.

[EdmondDantes_]

6. Sure hope not one of those people believed Christine Blasey Ford

Also Franken had 8 women accuse him. Even if you want to discredit Tweeden for being a Republican, you'd have to believe 7 other independent women, including a Democratic staffer, some who told people about his groping at the time including before he was a Senator, all lied

Those people aren't being cynical, they aren't being honest about the incredibly small chance that Franken didn't have a problem keeping his hands to himself. So no, giving them time to process isn't enough. Because people will always find some excuse when it's accusations against someone they like. Believe victims.

[chowder66]

8. Not everyone processes these things in the same way.

Including the victims.

[EdmondDantes_]

9. Nobody should be taking 8 years to accept someone they don't know did something

That's not processing, it's denial.

[chowder66]

10. I'm specifically speaking about Swalwell right now.

It's early days.

[chowder66]

3. My stance is that this needs to be investigated. If another candidate was accused of this I suspect he would

call for them to bow out of the race, so he should do this for the sake of the rest of the candidates, the Democratic party and his constituents.

If he has evidence that can blow a hole in someone's allegations, then that could change things up a bit, I don't count on it though.

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Swalwell will either concede or fight it.

I have no idea. It's totally out of his character, from what I've experienced. Time will tell.

[WarGamer]

7. "If he can prove this never happened? I'm hoping he can get back his reputation."

That's a sad commentary when one must prove a negative...