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Eric Swalwell

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Eric Michael Swalwell is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 15th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Swalwell has focused on issues such as gun control, healthcare, and technology policy during his time in office. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump and has been an advocate for progressive reforms within the Democratic Party.

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Jan 3, 2022

Every Republican candidate should have to answer a few questions. Will you acknowledge Joe Biden is the President? Will you disavow QAnon? Will you support the candidate who wins your state in 2024? And will you disavow Donald Trump and…

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Jan 3, 2022

This is not only the most important election. If we don’t get it right, it could be the last election.

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Jan 3, 2022

They are disaligned with where everyday Americans are. They lie about the vaccine.

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Jan 3, 2022

We’re up against a Republican Party that chooses violence over voting and on January 6, as we commemorate and honor the fallen officers and the wounded officers of that day, the Republicans will be celebrating the arsonist of that day and…

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Jan 3, 2022

If Republicans win in the midterm elections, that voting as we know it in this country will be gone.

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Jan 3, 2022

This was a deliberate, premeditated incitement to his base to attack our Capitol while accounting was going on and it was foreseeable especially to President Trump, who warned us he knew what was coming.

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Jan 3, 2022

Over 700 people have been charged in connection with the January 6 attack where their effort overturn the election was by violence and brute force failed.

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Dec 28, 2021

These Republicans pro insurrectionists, they don’t even deserve to be in your segment tonight where you’re talking about the loss of the great Harry Reid and the loss of John Madden, my constituent.

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Dec 28, 2021

That was the goal. The goal was for us not to be able to certify the election. And that’s because, Jonathan, this is a party that is so dis-aligned with where Americans are. So if we just vote, their anti-choice, anti-voter, anti-climate…

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Dec 22, 2021

They`re choosing violence over voting.

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Dec 22, 2021

the way he`s talked about his involvement makes it relevant and the way he`s moon walking away from the responsibility of testifying to me makes him probably complicit.

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Dec 22, 2021

I recognize we`re going into an election where the Republicans are threatening more violence.

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Dec 20, 2021

There were a lot of my Republican colleagues who were willing to abuse every lever of power -- military, Department of Justice, the White House -- to try and overturn an election and overturn the will of the American people.

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Dec 8, 2021

They’re always projecting, Lawrence, and I also think of the Mueller report where Mueller said there were a number of blind spots in their investigation because of the apps that were being used.

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Dec 8, 2021

If you truly had nothing to do with the insurrection, the treasonous act that took place on January 6th, you would help your country.

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Dec 8, 2021

What is it worth if people like Mark Meadows and others can just blow off subpoenas, that’s the trickle down effect, the collateral effect is that if people start to believe that law and order doesn’t matter anymore, then as a democracy…

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Dec 8, 2021

I support Ted’s legislation for inherent contempt. We should fine them $10,000 a day until they come in, and for Mark Meadows, the judge should hold him in contempt immediately once we refer it to them, and they should throw his own book…

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Dec 2, 2021

It’s important for us to look backward and make sure that history is properly recorded.

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Dec 2, 2021

He has attempted to erase the history of Russia, the history of January 6th and the history of his corrupt, racist, misogynistic presidency.

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Dec 2, 2021

I have legislation that would put in place a duty to report, that if you receive help from a -- or you’re solicited by a foreign actor that you would have to report it or it would be a crime.

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Nov 23, 2021

I think he clearly incited, assembled and aimed that mob at the Capitol.

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Nov 23, 2021

I believe that if it goes that far, the jurors there will be able to follow the line (ph) of all the faith in the world that that will be the case.

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Nov 23, 2021

We came so close that day it was actually only seconds or minutes in some instances where members of Congress, staff, and others could have been killed and the government could have been overthrown.

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Nov 23, 2021

Donald Trump, over about a month period, incited a mob, invited them to Washington, warned the country that it would be wild, spent $30 million over about a month promoting this Stop the Steal rally, and then at the rally, told people that…

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Nov 23, 2021

What we should also note that these Proud Boys, these Oath Keepers they will have no right to invoke executive privilege and so any defiance of the subpoenas hopefully will mean that they will be held in contempt, put in jail until they`re…

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