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Eric Swalwell: “I think they're all on the table, Anderson. And to most people watching at home what it is, is that if your hometown…”

On the recordDecember 3, 2019
I think they're all on the table, Anderson. And to most people watching at home what it is, is that if your hometown mayor called the police chief and said, I know that you need more police officers to keep the streets safe, however, before I'm going to give you that money, I need you to investigate my political opponent. Most of us would say, you know what, you just don't do that. That's abusing your office. That's exactly what the President did on a much larger scale.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell compares Trump's actions to a hypothetical scenario involving a mayor abusing power.

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