CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 14, 2026
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL HAS MANAGED TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING ONE RARELY SEES IN POLITICS. HE IS DISLIKED BY BOTH PARTIES.
SWALWELL, WHO HAS SUSPENDED HIS CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AFTER CHARGES OF INAPPROPRIATE SEX ESCAPADES CAME TO LIGHT, AT FIRST DENIED AN ACCUSATION OF RAPE AND THEN APOLOGIZED TO HIS WIFE AND GAVE THE TIRED STATEMENT ABOUT HIS NOT BEING “PERFECT.”
THIS CHANGES THE ENTIRE DYNAMIC OF THE CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST POPULOUS STATE, THOUGH MORE ARE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY ARE DISGUSTED WITH HOW DEMOCRATS HAVE RUN AND NEARLY RUINED WHAT USED TO BE CALLED THE GOLDEN STATE.
SWALWELL’S DEPARTURE FROM THE CONTEST LEAVES FORMER REPRESENTATIVE KATIE PORTER AND BILLIONAIRE TOM STEYER AS THE LOST LIKELY BENEFICIARIES. REPUBLICANS STEVE HILTON AND CHAD BIANCO, THE SHERIFF OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, ARE ALSO RUNNING STRONG AS THEY SEEK TO BECOME CALIFORNIA’S FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SINCE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, WHO SERVED FROM 2003 TO 2011. IT’S BEEN THAT LONG.
PEOPLE ARE LEAVING CALIFORNIA BECAUSE IF HIGH TAXES AND OTHER HIGH COSTS. DEMOCRATS WON’T FIX THAT AS RHEY ARE THE PARTY OF HIGH TAXES AND BIG WELFARE SPENDING. I’M CAL THOMAS.
