California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell claimed during an interview on Monday that the 2022 midterms could be the “last election,” referring to Republican efforts to strengthen voter integrity laws and oppose a Democrat federal voting rights law.
Swalwell made the bizarre comment during an interview on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes.”
‘This is it’: Rep. Swalwell warns 2022 could be last election if Republicans win majorityhttps://t.co/2XDKMHvf9l
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 4, 2022
“I’m worried that if Republicans win in the midterm elections, that voting as we know it in this country will be gone,” Swalwell said.
“They’re already putting as many barriers to the ballot box as possible in Arizona, Florida, Texas, Georgia. And on the other side of the finish line, they’re putting in place processes where they could reverse the outcome even if we crawl through glass and run through the fire to get to the ballot box. And so if they are able to win the House, the damage they could do to permanently make it difficult to vote and just alter the way that we participate in the democratic process could be irreversible,” he added.
Swalwell added to the significance of the 2022 midterm election by noting it could be “the last election.”
“This is not only the most important election. If we don’t get it right, it could be the last election,” Swalwell said.
“I’m worried that if Republicans win in the midterm elections that voting in this country as we know it will be gone,” says @RepSwalwell.
“This is not only the most important election, but if we don’t get it right, it could be the last election.” https://t.co/Uqyle7nyWl
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) January 4, 2022
“Because they’re also putting in place what I believe is a way to make sure that Donald Trump wins with what they’re doing across state legislatures to allow them to reverse the outcome and the electoral college,” he told Hayes.
Swalwell made a similar remark in a Tuesday Twitter post. “Folks, this is it. Republicans have chosen violence over voting. Outvote the violence!”
This! All of this. Folks, this is it. Republicans have chosen violence over voting. Outvote the violence! https://t.co/oXAOkPdi64
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) January 4, 2022
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) called out Democrats on Tuesday for making the “absurd” claim that Republicans do not want free elections.
It is absurd to claim that Republicans do not want free and fair elections. We all want fair elections. Dems want to federalize our elections over the states & local authorities in blue and red states.
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) January 4, 2022
Swalwell is the same Democrat who recently made headlines over his voracious attack against the dad who got President Joe Biden to say, “Let’s go Brandon,” on Christmas Eve. The Daily Wire previously reported:
On Christmas Day, Rep. Eric Swalwell, who routinely condemnsmembers of the political party across the aisle and himself was warned by the FBI about his ties to a Chinese spy, targeted the man who said, “Let’s Go Brandon” to President Biden on a phone call, calling him and Republican leaders who celebrated him “indecent to the core.” He tweeted:
Don’t waste your time on the pathetic dad who humiliated his family to say F-U to the president on Christmas Eve. He’s irrelevant. Spend your time asking why Republican leaders are celebrating him. This isn’t my parents’ Republican Party. This new crew are indecent to their core.
Don’t waste your time on the pathetic dad who humiliated his family to say F-U to the president on Christmas Eve. He’s irrelevant. Spend your time asking why Republican leaders are celebrating him. This isn’t my parents’ Republican Party. This new crew are indecent to their core. https://t.co/DQdMR6HnMN
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) December 26, 2021