The left are always turning their backs on each other. It’s customary at this point.
And a leftist comedian publicly bashed this prominent Democrat lawmaker.
Bill Maher just unloaded on Eric Swalwell in a way that should have every American taxpayer shaking their head in disgust. The HBO comedian and longtime liberal voice didn’t mince words when he joined the growing chorus of voices finally calling out the disgraced California Democrat.
What was once whispered in elite circles is now exploding into plain view, and even Maher can’t pretend it’s not a pattern worth exposing.
Swalwell had built himself up as a rising star in the Democratic Party, a fixture on cable news panels during the Trump years where he loved to lecture the rest of the country about ethics and integrity.
That image shattered overnight earlier this month when multiple allegations of s*xual misconduct, including r*pe and assault, finally hit the public square.
In a matter of days, his once-promising gubernatorial bid in California was suspended, he quit Congress, and he issued a vague statement admitting some “mistakes” while pushing back on the worst claims.
The collapse happened so fast that it left insiders in Washington scrambling to explain why nobody had connected the dots sooner. Rumors and complaints had apparently been floating around political and media circles for years, yet Swalwell kept climbing the ladder until the dam broke. Now the questions are piling up: who knew what, and why did it take this long for the truth to surface?
On his show Saturday, Maher made it crystal clear he had seen the warning signs all along. He didn’t hold back when addressing the scandal that’s rocking California politics.
“Speaking of creepy stuff, have you been following the Eric Swalwell case here in California?” Maher stated.
“I got to say, we had him on a couple of times. Ask my staff. I never liked him. I don’t have good gaydar, but I got creepdar. I always thought this guy was a f*cking creep.”
That blunt assessment from a guy who’s spent decades inside the entertainment and political bubble lands like a hammer. Maher wasn’t guessing—he was confirming what his own team had picked up on during interviews.
The “creepdar” line cuts through the usual spin, exposing how personal impressions of powerful Democrats often stayed hidden from voters.
But Maher didn’t stop at Swalwell. He zeroed in on a sickness that keeps repeating itself among the ruling class.
“I hear this so many times,” he stated, referring to Bill Clinton, Harvey Weinstein, and Bill Cosby.
“You know, it was an open secret in Arkansas. It was an open secret.”
Maher’s frustration boiled over into a direct challenge to the entire system that lets these stories simmer in the shadows for years.
“What is going on here, where it takes so long for the open secret to become public?” Maher said.
“I seem to remember that back in the old days … when JFK was President, we heard, well, the media used to protect politicians, and they knew what JFK was doing, but it was just something they didn’t report on. Is it any different now? Apparently not.”
