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04-16-26 Part One - Swalwell Scandal Intensifies

Red Eye Radio

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Democrats on Wednesday over mounting sexual assault allegations against former Rep. Eric Swalwell, questioning what they knew and why no one spoke out sooner. Swalwell announced Monday that he would step down from the House after four women came forward accusing the longtime congressman of assault. The mounting allegations, which ultimately derailed his political future, followed his decision to exit California’s 2026 gubernatorial race just a day earlier. Also Justice Sonia Sotomayor apologizes for ‘hurtful’ public comments about Brett Kavanaugh on immigration, millions across 1,000 miles in path of triple threat as parade of severe weather continues through weekend and comedian Dave Chappelle called out Republicans in a new interview with NPR, accusing members of the political party of “weaponizing” transgender jokes. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now it's Red Eye Radio.

0:09.4

Gary McNamara and Eric Hurley talk about everything from politics to social issues and news of the day.

0:17.2

Whether you're up late or you're just starting your day, welcome to the show from the Relief Factor Studios.

0:23.7

This is Red Eye Radio.

0:31.4

We're at Red Eye Radio all across America.

0:36.0

Welcome and good morning.

0:38.0

What's up?

0:38.9

We hope swall is well with you.

0:42.4

You know, I was reading that article, just so you know, the, because I was replying to

0:50.3

somebody on Twitter yesterday and when I was replying to them and it was somebody, I know,

0:53.7

a guy hired way back in Buffalo who's a sports guy and I was watching his podcast yesterday and and and I said

0:59.9

watching it as I lay on lay in bed trying to recoup from this stomach a bug and all of a sudden

1:06.0

people were messaging me. Are you okay? Thought you're all right. You're at work yesterday. Yeah, I was at work yesterday. You know, I wasn't feeling good at all, so I slept all day

1:16.8

yesterday. Yeah. So when I'm sleeping all day, sleeping and then waking up and just looking at the phone.

1:22.7

That's what I was doing all day. Yeah, yeah. And so, but, and for some reason, I didn't see the article in the Wall Street

1:32.0

Journal then, and like when you said that, when you walked in and you said, you see that Wall Street

1:36.4

Journal article, the timeline on Swalwell? Yeah. I went, how could I not see that? All I did was,

1:42.0

all I did was look at my phone.

2:05.0

Well, I never got out of bed, but it didn't post until, they didn't post it until, what, 839 hour time. Oh, maybe that's why. That's why you didn't see it. All right, all right, that's why I didn't see it then. Because I couldn't understand why I did not, but really, I mean, you look at the, The key date was November 21st when that one influencer, what did it, Mrs. Frazzled or whatever is what they call her. I can't. They're fodder as her last name. She was on a Zoom call with him. And so she posted the next day, you know, he just seems like such a normal guy. And that's when she got three messages from women that said, no. And that's

2:19.2

where the whole thing started. Well, and I mean, that's where that's not where started for Swalwell.

2:25.0

That's where it, the, I can see that at the beginning of the day where people started outside of

2:31.6

his friends who might have known or Gallego who might have known.

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