Gallego Dismissed Rumors of a ‘Flirty’ Swalwell, Highlighting a Culture of Silence

Posted by PolicyWire

The admission by Senator Ruben Gallego that he had heard, but disbelieved, rumors about Eric Swalwell and women showed the attitude on Capitol Hill toward men accused of behaving badly.

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tomspark wrote:

Yeah, this tracks. Congress is basically a closed loop where everyone knows who the problem guys are and just... doesn't do anything about it. Same dynamics you see in any insular institution, honestly.

tomspark wrote:

Yeah, this tracks. Congress has always been a boys club where people look the other way — Gallego basically admitted he knew something was off but decided it wasn't his problem. That's the whole system right there.