Billionaire Stephen Cloobeck, who strongly backed Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign, announced that he has not only pulled his support from the former California congressman but is leaving the Democratic Party altogether.
Amid sexual assault allegations, Swalwell announced Sunday that he was leaving the governor’s race, and then on Monday, he resigned from Congress.
Fox affiliate KTTV reporter Matthew Seedorff asked Cloobeck on Monday if he was angry that Swalwell misled him when the allegations initially surfaced.
“Mad? I am no longer a Democrat! I’m now a Libertarian Republican, because that’s what a blue dog Democrat used to be,” said Cloobeck, who briefly ran for California governor last year before ending his campaign and backing Swalwell.
Seedorff noted that Swalwell had posted a video on Friday from Cloobeck’s Beverly Hills mansion, pushing back on the allegations against him.
Cloobeck later kicked the congressman out of his home, telling him, “Pal, you
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