You may be wondering why Democrats and their pundit class have turned so swiftly on Eric Swalwell. The California representative, a longtime fixture on cable TV and a vendor in good standing of the most hackish Democratic talking points, has in the space of four days become such a persona non grata in his party that his endorsers in the race for California governor abandoned him and his party's leaders called upon him to drop out of the race, which he promptly did. Stories of sexual impropriety, predation, and even assault that were merely rumored as recently as Thursday are ...

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