When the first allegations of sexual assault fell on then-Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell while he was still the anointed favorite in California’s governor’s race, his camp’s first strategy to fend off the controversy was to blame President Donald Trump and his supporters.
Swalwell eventually faced public claims of harassment and rape from more than five women and calls for his congressional resignation from more than 50 former staffers.
As the charges emerged, former campaign spokesman Micah Beasley said: “This false, outrageous rumor is being spread 27 days before an election begins by flailing opponents who have sadly teamed up with MAGA conspiracy theorists because they know Eric Swalwell is the frontrunner in this race.”
How Republican agents could somehow influence former Democratic staffers and progressive social media influencers to accuse a then-high-ranking Democrat of serious misconduct was not made clear. Within days of the alleged victim’s statements emerging, Swalwell no longer clung
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