Swalwell's Cope is Hilarious
I’ve found my favorite cope of the Harris loss so far and it comes in the form of California Democrat Eric Swalwell talking absolute nonsense. Let's dive in.
First he says;
“Look, I was raised as a blue-collar kid, son of a cop, a mom who worked a number of odd jobs, my brothers are cops. I was a prosecutor. And I know that people resent when you talk to them like you’re trying to win a Harvard Law School moot court competition as opposed to just, you know, talking to somebody at a bar or at the bus stop.”
Okay, first problem here is that except for his mother’s “odd jobs”, everything else he named is a position of authority. It’s the exception - not the rule - for cops and prosecutors to treat people with anything but disdain and disrespect, especially if you dare question their author-i-tay. People in power rarely know how to communicate with the powerless or those subject to their arbitrary authority. That was a terrible example on his part.
People who work non-government jobs, especially those who work customer service, know how to speak to others as humans - not in the constant us versus them that Swalwell is so accustomed to relying upon.
Next he claimed;
“And I think we would be better served if we led with our personality rather than policy and our personalities can reflect our values, our principles, what we care about,” he continued. “But too often, we’re just not plain-spoken enough. “And frankly, we’re too nice and too modest and we stand on virtue,”.
Bro, Harris’ entire campaign was about her personality because the policy positions were non-existent. It was a campaign of vibes and she failed. She was both turning the page and doing the same things as Biden. Her position on Israel changed based upon the State she was in at the time. Her “values didn't change” until she was questioned on any of her old statements at which point she filibustered the interview because plain speaking would have revealed her utter and complete lack of principles.
The only “value” and/or “virtue” that broke through the celebrity filled Brat Summer campaign was the virtue of turning what should be a rare life saving medical procedure into birth control on demand.
Lastly he stated;
“And I think you look at a candidate like Ruben Gallego who won in Arizona. Look, that guy went to rodeos. He went to soccer matches. He went to boxing matches. He went out to the tribes. He was himself. He was just Ruben and it worked and he beat Kari Lake in a state that Donald Trump won. And I think that’s a good model of how we can win.”
Wait, I thought Harris came from a middle class household? I thought she worked at McDonalds.
Meeting people where they are is campaigning 101 and the problem is that for that to work, you have to feel comfortable in those scenarios and some people can pull it off, but with others it’s just contrived nonsense - such as Walz and AOC pretending to play Madden and quitting at halftime with a score of 0-0, or Walz not being able to load his shotgun, or Harris making demands of Rogan and so on and so forth.
You can argue that candidates win when they can relate to the people but first you have to run those candidates and Harris wasn’t it and Harris/Walz was worse.
The cope that the left, the party of calling everything fascist, racist, or phobic, the party spreading recipes of Aqua Tofana after their performative meltdowns, the party who’s entire mental health is tied to what should be a glorified popularity contest and who are threatening to ruin relationships, or outright end themselves, because they didn’t get their way - is somehow the value drive, principled, virtuous and nice option - is the funniest cope yet.
Yes, Yes Eric, you all are just too gosh darn nice and virtuous and modest. Keep telling yourself that.
Cheers.