Leftie celebs will back a sleaze — so long as they – Latest News
Politically energetic A-listers noticed Eric Swalwell and thought, that’s a horse I’d wish to back.
Yikes!
It’s yet one more reminder of the not-so-keen discernment possessed by our preachy movie star class.
Congressman Eric Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race after which resigned from Congress after allegations of sexual misconduct emerged over the weekend. He was being backed by many Hollywood A-listers. AFP by way of Getty Images
According to information, Swalwell, who resigned from Congress on Monday and dropped his bid for California governor as unsavory sexual misconduct accusations piled up, was the darling of Hollywood heavyweights like Sean Penn and Robert De Niro. Penn gave Swalwell’s marketing campaign $15,000.
Jon Cryer and Jon Hamm every tossed $10,000 into Swalwell’s coffers, as did D-list comic Kathy Griffin. De Niro, who appears to be on a everlasting “No Kings” tour, additionally gave him ten grand.
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All instructed, he pulled in more than $100,000 from leisure industry donors.
And wannabe political pundit Jimmy Kimmel donated his late-night viewers’s eyeballs to the Swalwell trigger back in November, when the married father appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to announce his ill-fated gubernatorial run.
“He does battle daily with the forces of MAGA,” stated Kimmel of Swalwell. “And the president does not like him at all.”
Robert De Niro, who appears to be on a everlasting No Kings tour, donated $10,000 to Eric Swalwell’s marketing campaign. REUTERS
That’s all that mattered to Kimmel & Co. Does he call Trump names and does Trump, in flip, dislike him? Sold. It’s a grudge match.
These Hollywood celebs by no means miss an alternative to lecture us common schlubs about decency, kindness and ladies’s empowerment. And then they throw their weight behind Swalwell, who it seems, is allegedly a sleazy intercourse pest.
His pervy methods had been reportedly an open secret in political circles.
“There are a lot of powerful people in this city that validated this guy and enabled him to get as far as he did,” one LA political marketing consultant instructed Page Six.
All of these celebrities satisfaction themelves on being politically savvy insiders. Many of them appear to spend more time attempting to defeat Trump than they do truly, , appearing. Surely they’d know that Swalwell wasn’t a Boy Scout however somebody with a status for lecherous conduct.
Ally Sammarco (from left), Annika Albrecht and Cheyenne Hunt accused Eric Swalwell of sending inappropriate messages to them by means of Snapchat. CBS News
Now it’s all come to gentle as 5 ladies have come ahead. One former Swalwell staffer, who claimed to have beforehand given her boss oral intercourse in a car, accused him of rape after a 2024 occasion. On Tuesday, one other girl, Lonna Drewes, stated she believes he spiked her drink earlier than choking and sexually assaulting her.
Two ladies say he despatched them flirty messages by means of Snapchat, with one alleging he dropped a penis pic.
Women say he groomed them by feigning curiosity of their careers earlier than in the end steering the dialog towards soiled speak and soiled deeds.
Swalwell has known as the first spherical of allegations towards him “flat false” and “categorically and unequivocally” denied Drew’s accusation.
Over the weekend, at the very least two reporters acknowledged on X that sleazy Swalwell persona was well-known.
Over the weekend, Bay Area political reporter Steven Tavares stated Swalwell’s inappropriate conduct towards ladies was “well known,” including that the ladies had been reluctant to return ahead. @eastbaycitizen/X
“I’ve covered Eric Swalwell since he was a member of the Dublin City Council,” Steven Tavares, a political reporter within the Bay Area, wrote on X. “Shortly after being elected to Congress in 2013, his behavior towards women was known by all levels of our local government and the Alameda County Democratic Party.”
Tavares added that he couldn’t compel the ladies to return ahead, and Swalwell was identified to be litigious, so he may by no means publish a story.
Swalwell’s personal {and professional} life vaporized in an instantaneous not as a result of of some ethical obligation within the wake of these allegations. Rather, it was clearly a cynical and strategic execution by occasion management — a thinning of the gubernatorial marketing campaign herd simply as two Republicans, Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, are within the lead.
Trump-hating Kathy Griffin gave Eric Swalwell’s marketing campaign $10,000. Rob Latour/Shutterstock
God forbid the state get a reprieve from disastrous insurance policies and dysfunction after years of a progressive monopoly.
The Dems are ruthless operators masquerading as believers of ladies. Remember, it’s the identical occasion that, during Kamala Harris’ presidential run, ignored very credible reporting that her husband, Doug Emhoff, had assaulted a former girlfriend in entrance of many people in a taxi line. (A spokesperson for Emhoff known as it “untrue” on the time.)
Party bosses and the boldfacers who act as surrogates solely care when accusations are politically useful for them — and Swalwell received in the best way.
“Hollywood needs to take a hard look in the mirror because this community — right or wrong — is still essential in determining who gets to have power in this country and in this state,” the aforementioned political marketing consultant instructed Page Six.
Actor Sean Penn gave Eric Swalwell’s marketing campaign $15,000. RMBI / BACKGRID
Swalwell does deserve due course of. I admit I’m weary of trials within the courtroom of public opinion, particularly when accusations really feel strategically deployed. Whether he’s a rapist, I can’t say, however I do consider he’s a grade-A pervert in progressive clothes.
Now the glitzy crowd that championed him will simply faux he by no means existed. They’ll bury his reminiscence, permitting it to take a seat within the abyss with all of the inappropriate Snapchat messages he’s accused of sending.
