This isn’t about Eric Swalwell‘s presumed guilt or predatory self-destruction…this is about “who fingered him?”
I think there was a real concern among Calfornia Democrats that if Swalwell landed a nomination for governor against one of the Republicans (Chad Bianco or Steve Hilton) that it was possible that rightie operatives might uncover and then push those sexual harassment claims, thus causing Swalwell’s campaign to collapse. Which would leave either Bianco or Hilton as governor.
I think the Dems wanted Swalwell torpedoed for this reason. Safer for their own interests to take him down now rather than allow the possibility of those rightwing wolves finishing him off in the fall.
With Swalwell having just suspended his campaign, the last two standing Dems are U.S. Rep. Katie Porter vs. sensible billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer. I think Steyer will prevail.
