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Eric Swalwell’s campaign setting new world records in cringe

By Eddie Scarry
Published May 28, 2019 4:07pm ET
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Eric Swalwell’s campaign setting new world records in cringe
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks at a Politics & Eggs event, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. Swalwell is considering a run for the Democratic presidential nomination. | (Elise Amendola/AP)

Watching Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., compete in the Democratic presidential primary for the woke-est straight white male title is to test the limits of how hard a human being can cringe before collapsing into complete seizure.

There is nothing natural about his parody of a social justice campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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