Saturday, January 03, 2026

ERIC SWALWELL ..... SOME MORE

By Bob Walsh



Eric Swalwell and the woman known as Christine Fang in 2012. Swalwell has been a member of the US House of Representatives since 2013. Photo: Facebook
Eric Swalwell and Christine Fang 
 

US Representative Eric Swalwell is chiefly famous (?) for playing hide the salami with a ChiCom spy known as Fang Fang.  He is also running for governor of the formerly great state of California.

He announced two items on his platform today.  He will arrest ICE agents for refusing to remove their masks while working.  I suspect he does not mean he would PERSONALLY arrest them.  But you never know.  He also announced that he would revoke drivers licenses of ICE agents who refuse to obey the CA law about masked law enforcement agents.  That kind of ignores the fact that there is no statutory authority for the governor, or even the DMV, to take any such action.  It also ignores the fact that there is no legal requirement for federal employees to have a state drivers license while driving vehicles owned by the federal government.  There is an administrative requirement by the feds that their employees do so for administrative convenience, but it is not a legal mandate.  (I grant you it is possible the law has changed since I did this for a living, but I sort of doubt it.)

A tale told by a fool, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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