Representative Eric Swalwell: 'You Might Be In a Cult'

Source:CSPAN showing U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell's (Democrat, California) House Judiciary Committee "You might be in a cult" speech. 

"Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA): "My colleagues, none of this today that you are bringing makes sense; your inconsistencies, your hypocrisy, your sycophancy unless you are in a cult. And guys, I'm starting to think you're in a cult." 

From CSPAN

"A clip of Representative Eric Swalwell accusing Republicans of being in a "cult" for supporting former President Donald Trump went viral on social media Tuesday afternoon.

Swalwell, a California Democrat and frequent Trump critic, delivered a monologue attacking Republicans during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in which members of Congress heard testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland. Trump's legal battles were a point of contention during the hearing, as Republicans have accused prosecutors of targeting the former president for political purposes amid his 2024 presidential campaign.

Last week, a New York City jury found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business documents to cover up an alleged hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels. The trial and verdict sparked outrage from conservatives.

On Tuesday, Swalwell equated their defense of Trump despite the verdict to members of a cult during the hearing.

"If you believe in states' rights, except when a jury in that state convicts your nominee for president, you might be in a cult. If you claim you back the blue but want to defund the police when the police go to your nominee's house to retrieve national security secrets, you might be in a cult," he said. 

He continued to say that Republicans who support Trump despite having "felony convictions that prevent him from going to" several countries "might be in a cult," listing the countries Trump may face a travel ban due to his conviction. 

A Republican lawmaker tried to interrupt this list, asking for his words to be struck from the record, but Swalwell continued speaking. Meanwhile, Representative Jim Jordan was slamming the gavel, warning that Swalwell's time was up." 

From Newsweek 

The New Democrat has been arguing this for at least a year now, if not all the way back to when Donald Trump became President of the United States. This MAGA movement (as they call themselves) that we call Mass Army of Gigantic Assholes, is America's version of these Islamist's movements in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sudan, etc. They're not real political movements in the sense that they have deep, political principles, baed on evidence, facts, and law, or anything to do with the U.S. Constitution. 

MAGA is simply about preserving Donald J. Trump's freedom and ability to keep this nationalistic, corporatist, political movement alive. 

But to go to Representative Swalwell's point about states rights: You can't credibly say you believe in states rights, when you want the Federal Government to interfere in how local jurisdictions enforce their own laws. 

It would be like a person saying that their next door neighbor has the right to do anything that they want to with their own property, just as long as he or she doesn't have to see it, or as long as they like it: "You can play whatever music you want over there. Just as long as I like it." 

And House Judiciary Republicans can strike down Representative Swalwell's words all they want. But the text and video of this speech will always be around.

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