Apparently everything is planned for Congressman Eric Swalwell to be the Democratic candidate for governor of California; Who knows what the Democratic leadership who consider him to be the best of all the candidates saw in him: perhaps that he is young, potentially progressive and that he has been critical of Trump.
The unions, which are the soldiers of the Democratic Party, are beginning to give him their support.
Arnulfo de la Huerta, the new leader of the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU) said they support Swalwell, because he is the candidate who most aligns with their principles.
How strange that a union where more than 50% of its members are immigrants and Latinos, give their support to Swalwell and not to the Latino candidates, Xavier Becerra or Antonio Villaraigosa. Of course these are old sea dogs, whom the party cannot easily control.
The congressman’s argument is that he is also good at raising money, and has built a solid coalition behind him. And what did they expect, if the establishment He has given the order that he is the chosen one, of course the interest groups are going to give him all the money he wants. They play it safe.
So it is clear that the one chosen by those in power in the Democratic Party is Swalwell, a congressman little known in the state, beyond San Francisco, but the machinery has arranged everything to favor him.
It’s not that Swalwell is a bad candidate, but it is very suspicious that all the Democratic stars are lining up to support him; and it is something very uneven and unfair for the rest of the applicants.
However, he will not become the nominee without giving himself several ruffles.
An example of this is that their contradictions on the immigration issue have begun to be published. Very bully in front of Trump; and in the campaign he is promising the disappearance of ICE, but it turns out that in his recent past, he did not show up to vote for a bill that sought to subject undocumented minors to prolonged detentions and invasive body searches.
He also supported a resolution expressing gratitude to law enforcement officials, including ICE officers, for their response to an attack on a pro-Israel rally.Yo; and even supported the re-election in 2022 of the former Republican sheriff of Alameda County, Greg Ahern, who liked to share information with ICE and detain hundreds of immigrants to hand them over to federal immigration agents.
Ahern detained 386 immigrants at the request of ICE.
With those friends, why would Swalwell want enemies. And now he comes and tells us that he wants the disappearance of ICE. How convenient!
No matter how much you want to, it is difficult to believe politicians. It seems that during election season, promises are invented on the fly to tell voters what they want to hear, especially on the hot topic of immigration.
And that’s not all, allegations of alleged inappropriate relationships with young women who work for his office have come to light. Of course, Swalwell’s spokesmen deny everything.
We’ll see what happens, but the truth is that he won’t become the nominee without being scratched; To their desire, the leadership must come to their rescue with all their propaganda and marketing weapons to help them emerge unscathed. Swalwell is the choice of the Democratic establishment.
Trump endorses Hilton
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump gave his endorsement to former Fox network commentator Steve Hilton, the Republican candidate for governor, saying he is “a truly excellent man”; But with all the unpopularity antibodies that the president commands in California, his support may not be of much use to Hilton. Rather, you may end up damaging it.
