{"id":14952,"date":"2026-02-14T12:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14952"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:45:36","slug":"steyer-ribs-swalwell-for-missing-votes-in-california-governor-race-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14952","title":{"rendered":"Steyer ribs Swalwell for missing votes in California governor race ad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-9.jpg 610w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-9-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer on Friday mocked fellow Democratic candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) in a campaign ad for missing House votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCall me old-fashioned, but you typically need to show up to work to get a promotion,\u201d Steyer wrote on a post on the social platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The post included a video of Swalwell swimming and lifting weights at a gym, saying throughout the video, \u201cI should be working right now,\u201d \u201cI should be at the Capitol,\u201d \u201cI should be in Congress\u201d and \u201cI should be in a suit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pool clips were taken from a video that Swalwell released after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent lawmakers home early for summer recess, which the California Democrat said was an effort to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEric Swalwell\u2019s job is to vote in Congress,\u201d text spliced between the footage of Swalwell reads. \u201cIn 2025, Eric Swalwell missed 95 votes. That\u2019s more than Rep. Raul Grijalva missed. Rep. Grijalva died in March of 2025. Since declaring for governor, Eric Swalwell has missed 68 percent of the votes it\u2019s his job to take.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe hasn\u2019t been showing up to work, and now he\u2019s asking for a promotion,\u201d the text continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hill reached out to Swalwell\u2019s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), who served as Swalwell\u2019s national campaign chairman during his 2020 presidential campaign, knocked Steyer for the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTom, while you were sitting in your $30 million house on Jan 6, Eric Swalwell was with me on the floor of the House \u2014 fighting to save our Democracy from a mob,\u201d Gallego wrote on X. \u201cIf you want to know why people don\u2019t like Billionaires, it\u2019s crap like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data from the nonpartisan Congress-tracking website GovTrack shows that Swalwell missed 102 of 139, or 73 percent, of roll call votes between Sept. 19, 2025, and Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swalwell announced his run for governor in November. He pitched himself on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d as a \u201cfighter and protector\u201d who will raise Californians\u2019 standard of living and stand up to President Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomeone who will bring prices down, lift wages up,\u201d he told host Jimmy Kimmel. \u201cAnd we can say that we\u2019re the fourth-largest economy in the world, and we are, and I love to brag about that. But what does that mean if you can\u2019t afford to live here? So, I\u2019ve been in these fights as a city council member up in Dublin, my hometown, as a prosecutor in Oakland, and taking on the most corrupt president ever in the U.S. Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swalwell and Steyer, a billionaire and former presidential candidate himself, are in a crowded field to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). Other Democratic candidates include former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D), former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and state Superintendent of Public Education Tony Thurmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican candidates include Fox News commentator Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer on Friday mocked fellow Democratic candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) in a campaign ad for missing House votes. \u201cCall me old-fashioned, but you typically need to show up to work to get a promotion,\u201d Steyer wrote on a post on the social platform X. 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