Congressman Eric Swalwell
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So we as Democrats, if they need our votes to keep government open, we should insist, as I said, on the shortest runway for them to spend money, make sure they honor their deals before we even give them another round of funding. That's the leverage that we have. And if they don't honor that, then then, yes, I will agree with you. Then we are in a different place.
But here's where we're also not helpless. In New York, in Illinois, in California, in Colorado, in Michigan, in some of the biggest states in America, you have Democratic attorneys general who are not powerless. They are the chief law enforcement officers of their states.
But here's where we're also not helpless. In New York, in Illinois, in California, in Colorado, in Michigan, in some of the biggest states in America, you have Democratic attorneys general who are not powerless. They are the chief law enforcement officers of their states.
But here's where we're also not helpless. In New York, in Illinois, in California, in Colorado, in Michigan, in some of the biggest states in America, you have Democratic attorneys general who are not powerless. They are the chief law enforcement officers of their states.
And if he wants to create a constitutional crisis by not following the law, Donald Trump, I would invite them to do everything they can To invent to be as inventive as possible to hold them accountable and say, great. Well, anyone in the administration, I invite them to visit our state because there's an arrest warrant waiting for you because you won't follow the law.
And if he wants to create a constitutional crisis by not following the law, Donald Trump, I would invite them to do everything they can To invent to be as inventive as possible to hold them accountable and say, great. Well, anyone in the administration, I invite them to visit our state because there's an arrest warrant waiting for you because you won't follow the law.
And if he wants to create a constitutional crisis by not following the law, Donald Trump, I would invite them to do everything they can To invent to be as inventive as possible to hold them accountable and say, great. Well, anyone in the administration, I invite them to visit our state because there's an arrest warrant waiting for you because you won't follow the law.
If that's where they want to go, then those attorneys general also have powers. Here's what what. pisses me off about Democrats. We're like afraid of power. We get like nervous when we have power and we're like, Oh, like we gotta, we gotta find consensus and we gotta follow the customs and the norms and the institutions. And the American people are like, we just gave you majorities.
If that's where they want to go, then those attorneys general also have powers. Here's what what. pisses me off about Democrats. We're like afraid of power. We get like nervous when we have power and we're like, Oh, like we gotta, we gotta find consensus and we gotta follow the customs and the norms and the institutions. And the American people are like, we just gave you majorities.
If that's where they want to go, then those attorneys general also have powers. Here's what what. pisses me off about Democrats. We're like afraid of power. We get like nervous when we have power and we're like, Oh, like we gotta, we gotta find consensus and we gotta follow the customs and the norms and the institutions. And the American people are like, we just gave you majorities.
So go fight for and deliver the things that the majority of the people want. And so we can't be so afraid to use the power that we have when they're abusing the very little power that they have. They didn't come in with a mandate. They came in with this tiny Trump. Right. That's what the power is.
So go fight for and deliver the things that the majority of the people want. And so we can't be so afraid to use the power that we have when they're abusing the very little power that they have. They didn't come in with a mandate. They came in with this tiny Trump. Right. That's what the power is.
So go fight for and deliver the things that the majority of the people want. And so we can't be so afraid to use the power that we have when they're abusing the very little power that they have. They didn't come in with a mandate. They came in with this tiny Trump. Right. That's what the power is.
You should just be ourselves. I totally agree. When we put a guy who was judged as a rapist, who had 34 counts, owes hundreds of millions of dollars to a number of different people. When we made him president, you should have been liberated. Just be yourself. Save yourself. What you believe in, your values will guide you, but don't be so scripted, so polished, so many talking points.
You should just be ourselves. I totally agree. When we put a guy who was judged as a rapist, who had 34 counts, owes hundreds of millions of dollars to a number of different people. When we made him president, you should have been liberated. Just be yourself. Save yourself. What you believe in, your values will guide you, but don't be so scripted, so polished, so many talking points.
You should just be ourselves. I totally agree. When we put a guy who was judged as a rapist, who had 34 counts, owes hundreds of millions of dollars to a number of different people. When we made him president, you should have been liberated. Just be yourself. Save yourself. What you believe in, your values will guide you, but don't be so scripted, so polished, so many talking points.
Just be yourself. And people want to like you and they want to trust you. And they don't want you trying to win some Harvard Law School moot court competition when you're making your case. Just do it from here.
Just be yourself. And people want to like you and they want to trust you. And they don't want you trying to win some Harvard Law School moot court competition when you're making your case. Just do it from here.
Just be yourself. And people want to like you and they want to trust you. And they don't want you trying to win some Harvard Law School moot court competition when you're making your case. Just do it from here.
So just say it, I guess is what I'm telling my colleagues. i i told jasmine crockett um love her on thursday as we were leaving the floor i said she had also shined in like a hearing the day before and i i think she said to for musk to off if you remember um and i told her i said you know what i said in five years like if we somehow get out of this.