Social media was, effectively, part of the downfall of Eric Swalwell, leading him to leave not only the California gubernatorial race but also Congress.
It turns out that his use of Snapchat, despite the service’s supposed anonymity and ephemerality, provided some ammunition to accusers who said he sent, as the New York Post put it, “sexual messages and explicit images” to staffers.
In other news, he’s still using Snapchat. To talk to ex-staffers!
Yes, in a month that’s been filled with don’t-you-ever-learn sort of news, the fact that Swalwell — once called “the Snapchat king of Congress” when that was actually a good thing — is still using the app with disappearing messages to privately communicate with people, including people who used to be in his employ.
This comes after he got sacked for inappropriate relationships with people, including those who used to be in his employ.
“Mr. Swalwell is still
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