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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,433 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:45 PM 19 hrs ago

Another woman is accusing Eric Swalwell..he is a Bill Cosby level rapist

Drugging involved..like Bill Cosby.


No sugar coating it. Im glad these crimes were revealed before the primary election.

Hoping for justice for the victims

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Another woman is accusing Eric Swalwell..he is a Bill Cosby level rapist (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 19 hrs ago OP
Assuming this is true durablend 19 hrs ago #1
That's a very long list EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #5
We have a system that encourages the worst of us to enter politics biocube 19 hrs ago #6
Trump's very existence, who moonscape 17 hrs ago #16
Testosterone poisoning Easterncedar 19 hrs ago #7
assuming this is true .... rampartd 19 hrs ago #2
Yes MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #4
I cannot believe I am reading this question nt sarisataka 18 hrs ago #10
I feel like it should be alertable in some way. WhiskeyGrinder 18 hrs ago #11
I'm not surprised MustLoveBeagles 19 hrs ago #3
Handsome, famous, powerful men can get all the consensual sex they want. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #8
I am not alone in never hearing or seeing reports prior to last Friday of even rumors... hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #9
Insiders knew..there was a whisper campaign BlueWaveNeverEnd 17 hrs ago #13
This message was self-deleted by its author hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #15
You are not alone. Intractable 17 hrs ago #17
Alleged crimes .... FarPoint 18 hrs ago #12
I wish they'd been revealed long before the primary election... regnaD kciN 17 hrs ago #14
Swalwell wasn't ahead of the Democratic pack. yardwork 17 hrs ago #20
Here's the video of the survivor's press conference... PunkinPi 17 hrs ago #18
I must be a horrible judge of character. When he was toying with the idea of running for President, my biggest Vinca 17 hrs ago #19
I figured there is more to come. yardwork 17 hrs ago #21

EdmondDantes_

(1,933 posts)
5. That's a very long list
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:49 PM
19 hrs ago

I don't know if it's patriarchy or something within men (and I am one) that predisposes many of us to horrible behavior, but there's something. Sure you sometimes see a woman who commits sex crimes but it's pretty rare and that tends to play out for a lot of crimes.

biocube

(228 posts)
6. We have a system that encourages the worst of us to enter politics
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:55 PM
19 hrs ago

I think Michelle Obama could've saved us from Trump in 2025, but I can't blame her not wanting to subject herself and her family to the blood sport that is politics today.

moonscape

(5,772 posts)
16. Trump's very existence, who
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:42 PM
17 hrs ago

he is, should have saved us from him.

The fact that wasn’t enough is dismaying.

Irish_Dem

(81,695 posts)
8. Handsome, famous, powerful men can get all the consensual sex they want.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:08 PM
18 hrs ago

Why do they need to drug women and rape them?

Not sure about sex.
About power, control, cruelty, violence.

hlthe2b

(114,122 posts)
9. I am not alone in never hearing or seeing reports prior to last Friday of even rumors...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:14 PM
18 hrs ago

I really liked Swalwell. I feel almost as devastated as if it were a close friend or family member whose very ugly "real" life had just been fully revealed to me.

What will be, will be and justice must prevail. But, just with Cosby and so many others, I am just done. sigh...

Response to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Reply #13)

Intractable

(2,278 posts)
17. You are not alone.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:50 PM
17 hrs ago

I'm talking about knowing things about Swalwell. This does not refer to aliens.

FarPoint

(14,850 posts)
12. Alleged crimes ....
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:32 PM
18 hrs ago

Let's not form a lynch mob mentality.... He resigned ...out of politics now ...If there are charges and a Court/ Trial...then call it for what it is ....

regnaD kciN

(27,671 posts)
14. I wish they'd been revealed long before the primary election...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:29 PM
17 hrs ago

…when we might not be faced with a real possibility of California’s only choice for governor in November being between two MAGAts.

yardwork

(69,444 posts)
20. Swalwell wasn't ahead of the Democratic pack.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 04:03 PM
17 hrs ago

He was in a cluster of Democrats, many of whom are now pulling ahead. Seems like this was good timing.

PunkinPi

(5,274 posts)
18. Here's the video of the survivor's press conference...
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:52 PM
17 hrs ago
A woman named Lonna Drewes at a news conference just now accused Eric Swalwell of drugging her drink and sexually assaulting her. Here's part of her statement.


A woman named Lonna Drewes at a news conference just now accused Eric Swalwell of drugging her drink and sexually assaulting her. Here's part of her statement.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-14T16:49:55.348Z


Absolutely horrific.

Vinca

(54,107 posts)
19. I must be a horrible judge of character. When he was toying with the idea of running for President, my biggest
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 03:56 PM
17 hrs ago

complaint was he was too much of a nice guy. Too much of a boring milquetoast kind of guy. If all this is true, he's the exact opposite. Wish some of the questions would be answered like why it wasn't brought up before the last election or the election before that or the election before that? At least a hint of the rumors which people are now saying existed amongst his colleagues should have seeped out. It's hard to comprehend. One day nice guy, the next day felonious perv.

yardwork

(69,444 posts)
21. I figured there is more to come.
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 04:04 PM
17 hrs ago

I think there will be more. People who drug and rape other people usually don't stop at only three or four victims.

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