Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) apologized Thursday for appearing to belittle threats Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said she has received related to Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process.
Sexual assault victims deserve respect. And senators shouldn’t be threatened by the public. I said something stupid and minimized ugly behavior. That tweet is deleted and I’m sorry for that.
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) September 20, 2018
The original, since-deleted tweet responded to a story in The Hill quoting a recent interview in which Collins said, after condemning the threats made against Christine Blasey Ford, “My office has received some pretty ugly voicemails, threats, terrible things said to my staff.”
Swalwell wrote: “Boo hoo hoo. You’re a senator who police will protect. A sexual assault victim can’t sleep in her home tonight because of threats. Where are you sleeping? She’s on her own while you and your @SenateGOP colleagues try to rush her through a hearing.”
What is he apologizing for exactly? How was he minimizing ugly behavior?
Why did Representative Swalwell apologize. Why do the Democrats always apologize. There was nothing inappropriate in his tweet. It is all true. You never hear Republicans apologize for their evil, hateful words and innuendoes.
Sen Collins is pathetic in making herself the issue rather than the real issue of a sexual assualter’s nomination to SCOTUS, being pushed through by blatant lies by Grassley.
Although Rep. Swalwell didn’t need to interject “Boo hoo hoo” the rest of his tweet is valid.
What is never really stated is from which side are the “pretty ugly voicemails, threats, terrible things said to my staff” coming from? The Right or the Left? Who is trying to influence your vote, Sen. Collins?
When Dems speak words in haste …
sometimes based upon a passion unrestrained …
It often blurs the lines that define one from the other ----
Apologizing for improper phraseology is one of the things that
differentiate us from them —
It is a manifestation of a strong and confident character …
a bolster that protects a valuable integrity ----
and it is deserving of support —