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In reply to the discussion: I may get banned for this, but [View all]RandomNumbers
(19,187 posts)but there seems to be some 'there' there in that article (sorry you can't get to it).
I sort of doubt that they would even be able to make credible allegations except that the circumstances they describe would be deemed likely by people who know Swalwell. That is, the heavy drinking aspect.
Even if he isn't guilty of the sexual allegations: if he's doing a lot of heavy drinking with staffers ... or hanging out with staffers and allowing them to drink heavily and not seeing to it that they get safely home ... to me that's bad enough for me to scratch him off my list of any politician I want to see promoted. Just really bad self management and bad way to interact with staff. And if he isn't the kind of guy who puts himself in those positions - where are his supporters and other staffers loudly proclaiming, hey this has to be a lie, he just doesn't behave like that at all?
Yet instead, some staffers decided to resign. Perhaps they have 'experiences' also and just want out, without coming forward into the limelight.
Yeah I want to see people who should know, loudly calling 'RUBBISH, that's not him'.
But I don't want to see him give up his Congressional seat until we can replace him, and also not until the investigation plays out a little more.