Dems race to distance themselves from Swalwell amid allegations of rape, assault

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The mounting accusations of sexual misconduct against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) have sparked a reckoning of sorts among his Democratic colleagues on Capitol Hill, who are now racing to distance themselves from a figure who went, in the course of one weekend, from rising political star to toxic poster boy of #MeToo infamy.

Swalwell had…

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