Eric Swalwell

But if we continue to escalate in Iran, like I'm fearful of doing, then yes, the Russians, the Turks are now sending a nuclear ship to give energy, nuclear power to Cuba, which is directly against what the United States wants.

Turkey's a NATO ally.

The reason they're doing this, I think, is because they want Israel to be reined in, and we won't rein Israel in.

And so they're sending this ship to Cuba,

To try to complicate our lives and say, hey, if you don't take care of this problem in our backyard, we're going to mess around with problems in your backyard.

And so this is all leverage getting to try to get us to do what probably should be the right thing, which is we deescalate in these other parts of the world, which is what Trump said he wanted to do when he was elected the second time around.

He wanted to focus on the Don Roe Doctrine.

A lot has been said about me today through anonymous allegations.

I thought it was important that you see and hear from me directly.

These allegations of sexual assault are flat false.

They are absolutely false.

They did not happen.

They have never happened.

And I will fight them with everything that I have.

They also come on the eve of an election where I have been the front runner candidate for governor in California.

I do not suggest to you in any way that I'm perfect or that I'm a saint.

I have certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past.

But those mistakes are between me and my wife.

And to her, I apologize deeply for putting her in this position.

I also apologize to you if in any way you have doubted your support for me.