Billionaire pal kicks Swalwell out of mansion and wants his donations back after rape allegations

Stephen Cloobeck, that billionaire timeshare king and former California governor wannabe, just did what every sane person should have done months ago. He booted disgraced Democratic Rep. Eric 'Gasman' Swalwell out of his mansion and now wants his million dollars in campaign donations returned after a gaggle of women came forward accusing the congressman of sexual assault and misconduct.

Cloobeck used to call Swalwell his “little brother” in that March POLITICO interview. He even scoffed when the New York Post asked him about the lawmaker’s rumored creepy behavior with female staffers. But on Sunday the timeshare mogul sang a very different tune. He is cutting ties with Swalwell and the entire Democratic Party faster than you can say “hypocrite.”

“I am no longer supporting Eric,” the Diamond Resorts founder told the outlet. “F*cking tell everyone I’m a libertarian. F*ck you, Democrat Party. I’m a libertarian now.”

Classic. 

A complete 180 after Swalwell posted a video, reportedly filmed inside Cloobeck’s swanky Beverly Hills home, trying to defend himself against those rape and sexual harassment claims from former staffers and other women in Democrat politics.

Since four women went public in that CNN piece, more than fifty former Swalwell staffers have now demanded his resignation. On top of that, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced they are investigating because one of the alleged incidents happened in New York after Swalwell spoke at a gala there.

Even House Democrat leadership turned on him. House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Pete Aguilar, and House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark put out a joint statement calling for Swalwell to drop his gubernatorial bid.

“Following the incredibly disturbing sexual assault accusations against Congressman Eric Swalwell, we call for a swift investigation into these incidents and for the Congressman to immediately end his campaign to be California’s next Governor,” the lawmakers wrote.

Swalwell officially suspended his campaign on Sunday. He claimed he is “deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past” while still insisting the allegations are “false.”“I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made, but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s,” he said in a statement posted to social media.

Here is the kicker. Cloobeck had launched his own short-lived run for California governor, then dropped out and endorsed Swalwell. According to the New York Post he dumped more than a million dollars into the guy’s campaign and let him crash at his 9,700-square-foot mansion whenever he wanted.

“I have a lot of people who stay at my house,” Cloobeck told the outlet. “I built a gorgeous place, my dream home, I relish it, and I’m a very generous man. I’m very thoughtful and I’m very kind.” 

Generous and kind until the rape allegations dropped. Then suddenly Swalwell is no longer welcome. Cloobeck confirmed the congressman is out of the house but said he would have to talk to his lawyer about clawing back that donation money.

The billionaire, who admitted he had been a Democrat for about four decades, made it crystal clear he is finished with the party.

“I’m going to change my godd*mn party affiliation, because I cannot stand this Democratic Party at all,” he told the Post. “I am done. Finito.”

Welcome to sanity, sir.

When asked if he thought Swalwell had been honest with him, Cloobeck replied, “I’m gonna have to investigate that. I don’t know the answer to that.”

Oh, now he needs to investigate? After funding the guy, housing the guy, and calling him “little brother”? Give me a break. This is what happens when the mask slips on the Democrat Party’s favorite protected class. One set of rules for thee, another for the powerful donors who finally wake up. 

Welcome to libertarianism, Mr. Cloobeck. Better late than never.

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Some Dems want AOC dumped after 1 term

Highly misinformed but also poor at math and morality, Democratic socialist newbie Rep. Alexandria Occasionally Coherent-Cortex (NY) has come onto the political scene like a clown car out of control in just the few weeks since her "inauguration-coronation."

Her colleagues on Capitol Hill aren't impressed by her high energy, low intellect.

Since defeating Joe Crowley, an incumbent Democrat who quite possibly would follow in the footsteps and flying hands of Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker, Occasionally Coherent-Cortex publicly announced that she has partnered with the far-left Justice Democrats. The group's mission is to primary currently established Democrats who don't swing far enough to the left to suit their socialist desires. 

The Justice Democrats define what justice is, and the world suffers for it.

"We as Justice Democrats [they got their name from "The Justice League" because most of their reading is from comic books] have the chance to really transform the Democratic Party running in competitive primary elections in Democratic-held seats," one of the group’s leaders said in a recent promotional video for their campaign to primary Democrat incumbents. 

"One of the important things that gets told in order to, like, settle us down is, 'I agree with you. We have the same goals,''' Occasionally Coherent-Cortex, like, added. "It's great that everyone thinks these issues are important. We need to make them urgent." 

Like wow.

That "urgency" requires that old faces and voices of less radical Democrats must be voted out to make room for the lunatics who still think Venezuela is an outlier of socialism. 

According to The Hill, pretty little Miss Cortex's public call for more radical candidates to replace her fellow Democrats has "infuriated" her colleagues, some of whom are already floating the idea of finding a primary challenger who can make the youngest woman to ever be elected to Congress a "one-term congressperson."

"At least one House Democrat has been privately urging members of the New York delegation to recruit a local politician from the Bronx or Queens to challenge Ocasio-Cortez," The Hill’s Scott Wong reported. The congressperson obviously has to remain anonymous lest Antifa burn his or her house down.

Wong reported that among those who have begun to look askance at the freshman representative are "many" Congressional Black Caucus members. "Many New York and Congressional Black Caucus lawmakers were also furious with Ocasio-Cortez after a recent Politico report stated she and the grass-roots group aligned with her, Justice Democrats, were considering backing a primary challenge to fellow New York Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, a Black Caucus member and establishment insider who succeeded Crowley as caucus chairman," Wong wrote.

However, Occasionally Coherent-Cortex and the Justice Democrats deny the claims in Politico’s report.

For now, reports Wong, her fellow Democrats are playing nicey nice, at least on the surface.

Aside from pissing off many in the Congressional Black Caucus, the newbie socialist also reportedly angered some among the Congressional Hispanic Caucus with her plan to help the Justice Democrats take out centrist incumbent Dem. Henry Cuellar (TX). "We’re going to protect our members and we’re going to protect our own. Full stop," said former Hispanic Caucus whip Rep. Pete Aguilar (CA), Wong notes. "There are plenty of [swing] races and seats that we can play in, and we want to devote our resources to that."

Cortex ought to spend some time in Venezuela--at least long enough to have to go to the toilet and find that there's no toilet paper. Maybe have dinner there with an average family and discover the meat had a name--Vagabundo [aka Rover].

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