Tag: Congressman Eric Swalwell

Congressman Eric Swalwell will announce next week that he is running for US president with a campaign focused on gun control, it was reported on Thursday. The 38-year-old will declare during an appearance on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where he will be joined by Cameron Kasky, a survivor of last year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, according to the Atlantic magazine. Swalwell, who is also hosting a town hall on gun control next week in Florida, told the Atlantic: “ I do believe that gun safety has to be a top 2020 issue.” The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas left 17 people dead and another 17 injured. It sparked the March for Our Lives, formed by survivors of the shooting who have demanded stricter gun control legislation. Swalwell, a fourth-term congressman from northern California, would potentially follow the playbook of Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington state, by differentiating himself with a laser-like concentration on a single issue – in Inslee’s case, climate change. The politician writes defiantly: “I’m not afraid of this guy. I’m not afraid of the NRA. I’m not afraid. Swalwell has hinted for months that he is considering a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and has become a familiar face in the early voting states Iowa and New Hampshire. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appeared on it to announce she was forming an exploratory committee.

Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle are joined by Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell of California to discuss his reactions to the NATO summit, President Trump’s Supreme Court pick, immigration, and more. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier…

Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell discusses the stakes of Justice Kennedy’s retirement and what it means for his party going forward Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political commentary and…