Eric Swalwell

a lot of people around him went to jail and it felt like, well, if Michael Cohen went to jail, like why the is this guy not being held to account? Like Michael Cohen went to jail for being a part of that hush money settlement. So again, just being a blue collar kid who resents people who think that their position entitles them to be better than regular folks.

a lot of people around him went to jail and it felt like, well, if Michael Cohen went to jail, like why the is this guy not being held to account? Like Michael Cohen went to jail for being a part of that hush money settlement. So again, just being a blue collar kid who resents people who think that their position entitles them to be better than regular folks.

I just wanted everyone to be treated the same. And so That's the way I was raised. My dad lost his job as a cop when he wouldn't essentially get bribed. He wouldn't allow a bribe from a mayor to influence him. Well, that's amazing. That was my earliest experience. We were in a small town in Iowa, and he was the police chief. The mayor very publicly tried to corrupt him, and he wouldn't do it.

I just wanted everyone to be treated the same. And so That's the way I was raised. My dad lost his job as a cop when he wouldn't essentially get bribed. He wouldn't allow a bribe from a mayor to influence him. Well, that's amazing. That was my earliest experience. We were in a small town in Iowa, and he was the police chief. The mayor very publicly tried to corrupt him, and he wouldn't do it.

So my earliest... Memory is that he was willing to lose his job to do the right thing, but you're saying something very important Which is everybody should be treated the same.

So my earliest... Memory is that he was willing to lose his job to do the right thing, but you're saying something very important Which is everybody should be treated the same.

As I said, I'm going into this open-minded to what we can do. I'm just saying, into this new year, open-minded, not focused on the past, on what we can do to make the country succeed.

As I said, I'm going into this open-minded to what we can do. I'm just saying, into this new year, open-minded, not focused on the past, on what we can do to make the country succeed.

And you can't do anything on the workforce issues until the public believes you've secured the border. That's just that's rational or not.

And you can't do anything on the workforce issues until the public believes you've secured the border. That's just that's rational or not.

I just think she was attached to an incumbent party. Incumbent parties worldwide are just getting pounded and there wasn't much that was going to change where this thing was going.

I just think she was attached to an incumbent party. Incumbent parties worldwide are just getting pounded and there wasn't much that was going to change where this thing was going.

Well, they don't have their shit together either, by the way, the Republican Party in California. Look, I was in the Palisades on Monday. I have 10 friends who lost everything. I was with a woman who stood on top of a pile of ashes that was her house looking for any memento for her family. And it's awful. And I'll...

Well, they don't have their shit together either, by the way, the Republican Party in California. Look, I was in the Palisades on Monday. I have 10 friends who lost everything. I was with a woman who stood on top of a pile of ashes that was her house looking for any memento for her family. And it's awful. And I'll...

I will also be open minded as to what we could have done to prevent it, to prevent it, why resources that should have been there weren't there. And as a member of the Homeland Security Committee, make sure that we're better prepared next time. And if there is accountability that should have that should come to be part of that. But like there's fires are still burning right now.

I will also be open minded as to what we could have done to prevent it, to prevent it, why resources that should have been there weren't there. And as a member of the Homeland Security Committee, make sure that we're better prepared next time. And if there is accountability that should have that should come to be part of that. But like there's fires are still burning right now.

And so I don't want to be that mean where it's like, you know, the guy that like last week I was a hostage expert. This week I'm a wildfire expert. That's us. Yeah. Yeah. My job is to look at, you know, what we could have done, who should be held accountable. But with the fire still burning and families, you know, living with friends and relatives right now, I don't want to hop.

And so I don't want to be that mean where it's like, you know, the guy that like last week I was a hostage expert. This week I'm a wildfire expert. That's us. Yeah. Yeah. My job is to look at, you know, what we could have done, who should be held accountable. But with the fire still burning and families, you know, living with friends and relatives right now, I don't want to hop.

I don't want to give this a hot take yet.

I don't want to give this a hot take yet.