California Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell, who was recently removed from the House Intel Committee for having a relationship with a Chinese spy, obviously knows how to spend other people’s money.
Swalwell’s campaign spent approximately $583,000 in travel expenses during the 2022 election season, using donated funds to pay for limos, planes, yachts, and luxurious hotels.
As other Americans are struggling to make ends meet due to Biden’s inflation, Swalwell was living the high life at resorts across the world. Consider the following “political” expenses:
- $20,240 to the Ritz-Carlton
- $3,538.94 at the Ritz Hotel in Paris
- $1,800 at the five-star Hotel La Maison Champs-Elysées in Paris
- $28,646 at Just Dreaming Boat Charters
- $4,708 at Loews in Miami
- Childcare charges totaled $131,000
How do you spend $131,000 just on childcare? Was each child kept in a different room at the Plaza for the duration of the campaign? Swalwell has three kids, so it translates to about $44,000 per child.
According to his official website’s “Meet Eric” section, “growing up in what is now California’s Fourteenth Congressional District has taught Swalwell a lot about strong ideals, hard work, and planning for a better future.” Somewhere along the way, he discovered that you could live a very luxurious life using people’s hard-earned money that they had donated to him.
I understand that life has become more expensive under Joe Biden, and that campaign costs pile up, but I’m not sure how spending thousands of dollars on fancy hotel stays helps you reach out to California people in your constituency. Perhaps the expenses were so high because he needed to find housing for all those employees?
Except that throughout the 2022 election season, he only had two salaried aides. That’s presumably because his seat was never seriously threatened. He received close to 69% of the vote, and the district has not had a Republican representative since 1993.
Swalwell is no stranger to making headlines; he can be counted on to provide ludicrous “hot takes” that he believes demonstrate his towering brilliance but actually make him look like a fool. As my colleague Nick Arama recently wrote, he retweeted a Carpe Donktum post that said, “I want to applaud you @ericswalwell @RepSwalwell for standing up and telling the truth!”
The foolish representative shared the message, believing he was being congratulated on the internet, but it was actually a video of him giving a speech with fart noises added. (It is fairly funny if you like juvenile comedy.)
Trump pounced on Swalwell this week, ridiculing him for being kicked off the Intelligence Committee following his romance with Chinese agent Fang Fang:
NEW!
President Donald J. Trump:
“Little respected Rep. Eric Swalwell was just kicked off the Intelligence Committee for reasons of “Integrity and lack of Intelligence” &, for having the poor judgment of dating and falling desperately in love with a Chinese Spy, Fang Fang… pic.twitter.com/898QJss75r
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) February 22, 2023
While it’s amusing to mock Swalwell, his extravagant campaign spending raises real concerns. Why spend over $30,000 on a yacht? All that time spent in Paris? Did donors truly believe that Swalwell would spend more than $100,000 on childcare?
When you have outspent Pelosi, you know you’re doing something special.
These congress people are living high on the hog using tax payers dollars. I am sure he is not the only one. Term limits, spending limits and no insider trading.
Biden and Democrats can be impeached with the ‘War Powers Act’.
This is very crazy, shouldn’t be allowed
What’s really crazy is there are actually people who donate to this ridiculous person for ANY position in the government….or position in anything….and he’s thinking about running for president??? Course seeing who and what we have now as President…..who knows….it may be possible….seems to be alot of crazy people out there…..saying alot of
crazy things….wake up America!
All this should be audited, use IRS on these politicians to see what they’re doing with our taxpayer money! That’s a start right there! Disgusting! Joe is worried about us seniors and low income ppl! Deplorable! No respect for our government, politicians, at all!
Why is JOE, OUR POTUS, ALLOWING PPL AND KIDS GO HUNGRY? WHEN THINGS GO BAD, THEN THEY DECIDE TO CUT EVERYTHING GOOD TO HELP US LOW INCOME, POOR SENIORS, FAMILIES, VETS!
He was eating Chinese, which turned out to be a lot more expensive than he imagined.
I think he ought to go to jail and meet Bubba and learn how the other side lives.
Understanding the laws regulating the spending of monies slated for elections is becoming a REAL task…
Better do it and beg for forgiveness later!
On a salary as high as it is, how does one get to be a millionaire? By using insider trading! Ask ” la pelosi” how to do it…
It is the I’ll informed mach latte group
That elects fools such as this.
You get what you vote for.
Like all the rest of the crooks he just thought to spend it before they got their share if he whould have sent some to perlosi we never whould have seen this it whould have been buried like those who know about the Clintons are. Maybe he should have shared it with Hillary.
ANY BODY VOTED FOR DEMOCRAT ARE FOOL OR NO BRAIN AT ALL. AND STUPID. NOW WE ARE PAYING ALL THE
STUPIDITY OF THE ELECTIVE DEMOCRATS CAUSING A LOT OF HEADEACH, PRICES OF FOOD, GAS, HOUSING .
DEMOCRATS ARE ONLY GOOD ON CHEATING , STEALING MONEY, SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY AND SELLING
THE COUNTRY TO CHINA FOR MONEY . DEMOCRATS ARE TOO GREEDY.
He needs to be locked up. These dems are all lying, corrupt,cheating aholes that like spending other people’s money. This country would be so much better off if the dems and rinos would just leave.
What else would you expect from a crooked Democrat of course He’s living the high life on us Tax payers dime. Between that and the crooked deals they make with our Enemies and Illegal Insider trading that’s how they all become Millionaires. If the truth were known He probably got the plan and the ok from our Commander and thief Creepy Joe Biden. After all just look at Joe Biden He’s become a Multi Millionaire selling his soul and our Country’s Secrets, But yet He use’s our Tax dollars to put a wall around his Beach House, Seriously how the hell does that work. He can clearly afford to do it with his own Ill gotten Millions but he chooses to Steal our Tax dollars to make Improvements on one of his Personal Mansions. That has to be Illegal!!! Not to mention he makes 400,000 a year, He gets a 50,000 dollar expense allowance, 100,000 dollar Non taxable travel account, for what? he goes everywhere free in air force 1 or marine 1, or by Limo’s.. Plus get this.. he gets 19,000 a year for, wait for it.. Entertainment!!! what tha, seriously, the freaking White House has anything you could want, Tennis, bowling, video arcade, a basketball court, Movie theatre, you name it….19,000 bucks for entertainment. That’s a heck of a lot of entertainment if you ask me….between our over payed Politicians and Joe Biden handing out Billions too Illegals and third world Country’s No wonder our Country is BROKE. What we need is Term limits for everyone and a completely fresh face Government That actually works for the Citizens, Instead of themselves. Just my opinion. Oh, And as a side note Democrats are not concerned with security because the Jan 6 tapes were released to Tucker Carlson, That’s BS. There afraid that the Public is going to see what really happened at the Capital that day. And the FBI, Capital Police and George Soros Crowd Stooges will be outed for their Part and all the Havoc they caused in the entire Incident.