Presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell posted a portion of interview with Vice News that raised a lot of eyebrows. Sharing the clip, Swalwell said he knows he’s “another white guy,” but he knows how to let others speak.
“Well a white guy who doesn’t see other identities, or understand other experiences should not be president. I do,” the California Democrat said. “And where there would be gaps in my knowledge or my experience , I will pass the mic to people who do have that experience.”
Swalwell also said he promised to ask a woman to serve as his vice president should he win the nomination.
I may be “another white guy,” but I know where there are gaps in my knowledge or my experience and I know when to pass the mic. pic.twitter.com/jMYBwF97xY
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) May 27, 2019
Swalwell’s comments were seen as pandering or plain ridiculous.
Not The Onion https://t.co/yJIofWssDf
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) May 27, 2019
Hard to believe that this isn’t a parody account. https://t.co/ExJPYjMPnA
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 28, 2019
I’m sorry I have to be an adult and tell you this, sir…
Your value to society is not determined by the color of your skin. You are not a “white man.” You are just a human being.
More specifically, you are a human being polling at 0% because of nonsense like this. https://t.co/1it4QfKnsR
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) May 28, 2019
You should pass the mic to someone that has a chance to win. https://t.co/zAPQHrOwT0
— Ben (@BenHowe) May 27, 2019
Hand the mic to Elizabeth or Kamala or Amy or Kirsten then https://t.co/gmHgd7s4od
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 28, 2019
His pitch is (I’m paraphrasing here): “Democrats like me are better white people.” This is such a bad pitch. VICE consistently manages to troll political figures into sounding like unintentionally racist or sexist job applicants. https://t.co/e0kB4myZU2
— Art Tavana (@arttavana) May 28, 2019
Swalwell is one of the over 20 candidates vying for the Democratic nomination. He is currently polling at 0%, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll. Six percent of voters have a favorable view of him, 15% have an unfavorable view, and 77% said they have not heard enough about him to form an opinion.
[Opinion: Eric Swalwell, admitted white man, grovels before the grievance mob]
