Swalwell blasts Trump’s rhetoric as ‘glorifying violence’

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) criticized former President Trump’s rhetoric after the California Democratic Party expressed concerns about the safety of election workers ahead of November, saying that former President Trump “wanted no violence.” “It’s glorifying it,” he criticized.

Swalwell, a longtime critic of President Trump in the House of Representatives, slammed the president’s rhetoric on the social media platform Truth Social and his constant attacks on judges and civil and criminal officials.

“We’re still a country armed to the teeth, right? I know that the most dangerous people in this country have access to the most dangerous weapons,” the California Democrat said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” on Saturday. told.

Swalwell, who served as House speaker during President Trump’s second impeachment trial, criticized the former president for sharing the following: video It included a photo of President Biden strapped to the bed of a truck.

“The violent rhetoric was something we saw just yesterday in the former president’s Truth Report, and statements glorifying violence continue to grow.”

President Trump has continued to attack judges in recent days, and Judge Juan Melchan, who is overseeing the hush money case, has imposed a gag order.

Swalwell said he is “very concerned” about the safety of not only election workers, but also the investigators tasked with investigating threats directed against them.

“And what really concerns me is that the Department of Justice, which is tasked with investigating these threats, is being overwhelmed because its investigators are being threatened,” he said. “So the people who normally investigate people who are threatening elected officials or pollsters or FBI agents or U.S. attorneys are also being threatened.”

“So this is just an attempt, as I said, to overwhelm the system,” he said Saturday. “That’s why I’m so nervous after seven months.”