Swalwell’s Career Gets Nuked

One of the most rabidly anti-gun U.S. representatives, Eric Swalwell (D-Cal.), resigned from office last week under a disturbing cloud of accusations. These allegations included claims of sexual misconduct, and even sexual assault.

Following these revelations, there was an overwhelming call for Swalwell to, at first, end his campaign to be California’s next governor. As public pressure mounted, calls for him to resign his office spread, as did the threat of a campaign to have him expelled from Congress.

While Swalwell did resign, his actual resignation statement—a brief, written announcement—raised more questions.

First, he seemed to admit to “mistakes in judgement” he made. While he did not specify as to what the actual “mistakes” were, considering some of the allegations against him are quite serious, he may want to consider explaining what he admits to doing and what he denies.

He then referred to the effort to expel him from Congress, but stated that such action “is wrong,” as he had not been afforded any “due process” regarding the allegations. This is a bit ironic, as Swalwell was an ardent supporter of so-called “red flag” laws; measures designed to confiscate firearms, often without due process.

The former congressman has also called for not just banning guns, but confiscating them from American citizens. In fact, he even implied the government could resort to using nuclear weapons on it own citizens—all, presumably, without any due process.

If Swalwell committed any crimes, as has been alleged, we certainly hope the victims receive justice. Some of the accusations entail truly reprehensible acts, and warrant a complete investigation, as well as prosecution if the claims are found to be credible and provable.

In perhaps the final twist of irony, if found guilty of the worst of the allegations, Swalwell will have ensured at least one citizen is disbarred from possessing firearms - himself.