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52. That campaign finance scandal hit as he was getting going

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 07:45 PM

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And that might be playing a role in why he hasn't gotten traction. That flew under the radar a bit - I just read about it this past week - but it seems to have been written about consistently the past six months.

FWIW, I actually find his denial of knowledge about the situation credible. I don't think he knew.

The question is should he have known. Which is a different question. Who knows. But I don't find it disqualifying. He doesn't strike me as the corruption type. But the people he surrounded himself with were a different kettle of fish apparently.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article315342965.html

Just mentioning it, because I don't see it being brought up in this thread. After Swalwell, it's good to have a warts and all view of candidates at this juncture.

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