CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 16, 2026
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR REPUBLICANS IN CALIFORNIA. ERIC SWALWELL, THE ONE-TIME LEADER FOR THE DEMOCRAT NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR HAS WITHDRAWN AND RESIGNED FROM CONGRESS OVER A SEX SCANDAL THAT INCLUDES ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE. FIVE WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD AND TESTIFIED THAT SWALWELL SEXUALLY HARASSED THEM. SWALLWELL DENIES ALL THE ACCUSATIONS. WAS THIS ORGANIZED BECAUSE DEMOCRATS FEARED SWALLWELL WAS NOT THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE?
LEADING DEMOCRATS WHO WOULD BE INTERVIEWED SAID THEY KNEW LITTLE OR NOTHING ABOUT SWALWELL’S BEHAVIOR. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT. SWALWELL HAS A REPUTATION WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN AND IT COULD BE SAID THE PARTY COVERED UP FOR HIM BECAUSE IT CARES MORE ABOUT POWER THAN INTEGRITY.
REPRESENTATIVE TONY GONZALEZ, A TEXAS REPUBLICAN, HAS RESIGNED FROM CONGRESS OVER HIS OWN SEX SCANDAL.
TMZ, THE CELEBRITY CHANNEL IS SETTING UP SHOP IN DC TO PRESUMABLY DO THE JOB MAINSTREAM MEDIA REFUSES TO DO.
MEANWHILE, CALIFORNIA MIGHT ELECT ITS FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SINCE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. I’M CAL THOMAS.
