{"id":120494,"date":"2019-04-08T21:42:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T01:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=120494"},"modified":"2019-04-08T21:50:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T01:50:46","slug":"russiagate-conspiracy-theorist-eric-swalwell-joins-the-2020-democrat-freak-show-announces-on-the-colbert-freak-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=120494","title":{"rendered":"Russiagate Conspiracy Theorist Eric Swalwell Joins the 2020 Democrat Freak Show, Announces on the Colbert Freak Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-9.43.07-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-120496\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-9.43.07-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"827\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-9.43.07-PM.png 827w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-9.43.07-PM-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-9.43.07-PM-768x294.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>WALWELL OFFICIALLY ENTERS 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/h2>\n<p>Mike Brest<br \/>\nThe Daily Caller<\/p>\n<p>Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell announced he will be running for president in a teased clip from his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TONIGHT: California Representative <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericswalwell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EricSwalwell<\/a> announces on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colbertlateshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@colbertlateshow<\/a> that he is running for President! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bvzBPIkSnz\">pic.twitter.com\/bvzBPIkSnz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colbertlateshow\/status\/1115388855128031232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talked to kids who sit in their classrooms afraid they\u2019ll be the next victims of gun violence. They see Washington [D.C.] do nothing about it after the moments of silence,\u201d Swalwell stated. \u201cThey see lawmakers who love their guns more than our kids and none of that is going to change until we get a leader who is willing to go big on the issues we take on, be bold on the solutions we offer, and do good in the way that we govern. I\u2019m ready to solve these problems. I\u2019m ready to solve these problems. I\u2019m running for president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rolling out what is presumably his campaign slogan, he tweeted, \u201cAre you ready America? Let\u2019s go big, be bold, and do good!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are you ready America? Let&#39;s go big, be bold, and do good! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gk9SPDT4FN\">pic.twitter.com\/gk9SPDT4FN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericswalwell\/status\/1115400050086227969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He has a town hall on gun violence, which he plans on making the defining aspect of his platform,\u00a0scheduled\u00a0for Tuesday in Coral Springs, Florida with\u00a0Parkland shooting survivor\u00a0Cameron Kasky.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swalwell-768x512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swalwell-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-120500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swalwell-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swalwell-768x512-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"caption-attachment-6513231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Eric Swalwell speaks during a news conference regarding the separation of immigrant children. (Alex Edelman\/Getty Images)<\/h5>\n<p>A member of the House Intelligence Committee, Swalwell has emerged as a strong critic of President Donald Trump, and has been one of many Democrats to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/30\/swalwell-doesnt-need-mueller-report-trump-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly contest<\/a> Attorney General William Barr\u2019s conclusion that the Mueller report could not find evidence of collusion between Trump\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell joined nearly 20 Democrats who have either already announced their candidacy or who are expected to run for president. According to an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/emersonpolling.reportablenews.com\/pr\/iowa-2020-biden-and-sanders-neck-and-neck-in-democratic-field-mayor-pete-jumps-to-double-digits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emerson poll of Democratic Iowa<\/a>\u00a0caucus goers released last month, 25% of those surveyed picked former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/29\/joe-biden-kissing-consent-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vice President Joe Biden<\/a>, who hasn\u2019t even officially announced his candidacy, while Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was one percentage point behind him.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/04\/08\/swalwell-trump-2020-democratic-president\/\">https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/04\/08\/swalwell-trump-2020-democratic-president\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}