Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) said lies and slurs against him being spread by Kevin McCarthy incited death threats.
Swalwell’s video on MSNBC’s Deadline: The White House:
Asked by MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace why she was stripped of her commission, Swalwell said:
Well, political revenge. Kevin McCarthy seems to want to heat up the leftovers of a story dating back to Barack Obama’s first term.The FBI, in rare fashion, they never talk about an investigation.All I’ve done is help them. and never suspected of cheating.
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The result of his argument is not only that I am in the company. When Kevin McCarthy calls and threatens, people parrot what Kevin McCarthy says. So he knows it. We told him I told him about this. I have publicly broadcast to him when you do this, it will lead to threats to me, my wife and our children. I said I will. And they were using the words that Kevin McCarthy used. All this has a cost.
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asked Wallace.
Swalwell replied. He wants to focus on enacting the revenge he promised in this corrupt deal. He won’t even stop and talk to me when I try to talk to him. “
Kevin McCarthy doesn’t care if his lies incite death threats against fellow members of the House and his family. Because we have a contract to
McCarthy stripped Swalwell of his commission on the committee because he is suing Donald Trump for the 1/6 attack.
Kevin McCarthy knows and doesn’t care that he’s putting the lives of Eric Swalwell’s little ones at risk.
That’s what the Republican Party has become.
Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is also a White House press pool and a congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a BA in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy with a specialization in the social reform movement.
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