Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) on CNN this morning:
- “We need to be crystal clear on this. The accusations [against Eric Swalwell] are absolutely heinous, and his admissions betraying his family are deplorable. So Eric Swalwell needs to resign. He needs to drop out of the race. And we have grown far too accustomed to having our senior leaders, our elected officials fall far below what we expect their behavior to be morally, ethically. And so whether you’re the president of the United States, whether you’re a representative, we should not tolerate this behavior. And Representative Swalwell needs to go [from Congress and as a candidate for governor of California].”
- “What we need to have is actually some moral clarity on this point. I think for for years now, we have grown far too accustomed to expecting our elected officials to fall far below where we expect them to be on moral and ethical grounds. Whether you’re trading stocks, insider trading, or whether, frankly, you’re, accused of and convicted of felonies and you’re still elected to the highest office in the land, these behaviors are not acceptable. We have to establish a floor for what we expect of our…Include the Epstein files here… files are still being withheld. The accusations are heinous. We have to have one uniform standard.”
