Political hypocrisy has a funny way of surfacing at exactly the wrong moment. For most politicians, the gap between what they demand of others and what they tolerate for themselves stays safely buried — until it doesn't.
Few things reveal the left's moral positioning as a performance quite like sexual assault allegations. Democrats championed Christine Blasey Ford's flimsy accusations against Brett Kavanaugh. They treated her like a hero, and treated her allegations as settled truth despite changing details and lack of corroboration — even from her own witnesses. Meanwhile, when Tara Reade came forward with credible allegations against Joe Biden, the same voices who shouted “believe women” during the #MeToo craze went quiet almost overnight. The standard shifts vary by political affiliation.
But the real damage comes when the loudest advocates turn out to be the worst offenders. And that’s what’s happening right now with Rep. Eric Swalwell.
Old video clips of Swalwell are going viral — and I’m not talking about the clip of him farting on live television. I’m talking about a clip from 2018 in which he positioned himself as a fierce defender of sexual assault accusers during Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
Oh, the irony.
In the video, Swalwell declared, “I saw continued demeaning of victims of sexual assault, people who deserve to be heard, people who deserve their allegations to be investigated, and a president who wants to rush this through." He went even further, suggesting Kavanaugh himself should welcome more accusers into the process: "And, so, for Brett Kavanaugh's sake, if he is innocent, I hope tomorrow he opens his statement and says, 'You know what? Bring in all the victims, all of them to be questioned.' That will clear his name if he is indeed innocent."
Now, we all remember the Kavanaugh hearings and the shady accusations of Christine Blasey Ford, which changed over time, had no corroboration, and even the people she named as witnesses couldn’t corroborate her story. There were issues with her timeline and the fact that she had no idea how she got to or from the alleged party. Then there was Kavanaugh’s own evidence proving he wasn’t at the alleged party. Her accusations were a total mess, yet Democrats like Swalwell claimed they were true. We had a moral obligation to “believe women” and “believe victims.”
Suddenly, believing women no longer matters.
Legal scholar Jonathan Turley didn't miss the irony. He posted on X that Swalwell is "hoping that voters will apply a different standard than the one he applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation." He added, “When Kavanaugh was asserting his innocence, Swalwell was leading the mob."
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At the time of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, Swalwell told MSNBC, "And, so, for Brett Kavanaugh’s sake, if he is innocent, I hope tomorrow he opens his statement and says, ‘You know what? Bring in all the victims, allow them to be heard, allow them to be questioned.’ That will clear his name if he is indeed innocent."
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Yet, hearing from the victims is the last thing Swalwell wants today. Swalwell’s own attorney, Elias Dabaie, has reportedly fired off cease-and-desist letters to people circulating sexual misconduct allegations against the congressman himself.
Swalwell's spokesman, Micah Beasley, dismissed the entire story as a political hit. "This false, outrageous rumor is being spread 27 days before an election begins by flailing opponents who have sadly teamed up with MAGA conspiracy theorists because they know Eric Swalwell is the frontrunner in this race."
Funny… that sounds an awful lot like rushing something through without letting the accusers be heard.
