Why the Democrats threw Swalwell under the bus | Eastern NC Now

Many are scratching their heads over the Democrats throwing their leading candidate for California under the bus leading to his withdrawing from that race and resigning from Congress.  After all it was Democrat operatives and Democrat mouthpieces that pushed the envelope to bring Swalwell down.  Swalwell was already well known as a latter day Teddy Kennedy or Bill Clinton on his escapades with women, not always fully consensual, and even had a well publicized affair with a young female Red Chinese spy, Fang Fang while he sat on the House Intelligence Committee.

What led to the Swalwell massacre at this point was California's "Jungle primary".  Swalwell was in the way so he was pushed out of the way.

In the jungle primary, all candidates of all parties run in the same primary and the top two, regardless of primary go on the the General Election.  California is one of the few states that have this bizarre system.  In the 2026 governor's primary, the polls have been showing that so many Democrats were running, that the two serious Republicans, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and former advisor to Conservative British Prime Minister David Cameron, Steve Hilton were consistently running in first and second place.  That would set up a November election between two Republicans,  shutting out the Democrats.

The Democrats needed to narrow their field.  The party had tried to talk one or more candidates into not running.  That did not work.  Now they have played hardball to sue the dirt they knew to force one out.  Swalwell got the sack because he was the one they had the most dirt on to force out.

This was just another example of how dirty internal Democrat politics can be.

https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/14/democrats-turned-on-eric-swalwell-because-he-was-in-the-way-not-because-they-have-morals/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/swalell-torched-newsom-next-make-room-michelle-video/

Meanwhile, Democrat mega-donor Stephen Cloobeck, who had given Swalwell a million dollars, kicked Swalwell out of his Bererly Hills mansion, and with a post headed "F--king tell everyone" announced he was done  wth  the Democrats and becoming a Libertarian.

https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/14/billionaire-stephen-cloobeck-democratic-eric-swalwell-mansion/