“Despite negligible legislative talent and—as we can say pretty definitively now—limited intelligence, Swalwell did unusually well for himself in the House. He had good committees. He had a plum seat on the Intelligence Committee and was a co-chair of the Steering Committee, which decides committee assignments for the caucus. He was appointed to be an impeachment manager in one of Donald Trump’s trials. He got these gigs because he had ingratiated himself with former Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who took care of her fellow Bay Area members.”

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This May Be Why Eric Swalwell Thought He Could Get Away With It

Party leaders treated him like a man who could do no wrong. That was ... a mistake.

^{Jim Newell (Slate)}