“On Tuesday, another woman, Lonna Drewes, said she believes he spiked her drink before choking and sexually assaulting her.”

“Two women say he sent them flirty messages through Snapchat, with one alleging he dropped a penis pic.”

“Women say he groomed them by feigning interest in their careers before ultimately steering the conversation toward dirty talk and dirty deeds.”

“Swalwell has called the first round of allegations against him 'flat false' and 'categorically and unequivocally' denied Drew’s accusation.”

“Over the weekend, at least two reporters acknowledged on X that sleazy Swalwell persona was well known.”

“I’ve covered Eric Swalwell since he was a member of the Dublin City Council,” Steven Tavares, a political reporter in the Bay Area, wrote on X. “Shortly after being elected to Congress in 2013, his behavior towards women was known by all levels of our local government and the Alameda County Democratic Party.”

“Swalwell’s personal and professional life vaporized in an instant not because of some moral obligation in the wake of these allegations. Rather, it was clearly a cynical and strategic execution by party leadership — a thinning of the gubernatorial campaign herd just as two Republicans, Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, are in the lead.”

“Remember, it’s the same party that, during Kamala Harris’ presidential run, ignored very credible reporting that her husband, Doug Emhoff, had assaulted a former girlfriend in front of many people in a taxi line. (A spokesperson for Emhoff called it 'untrue' at the time.)”

“Hollywood needs to take a hard look in the mirror because this community — right or wrong — is still essential in determining who gets to have power in this country and in this state,” the aforementioned political consultant told Page Six.”