Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) on Tuesday started naming all the countries that would bar Donald Trump from entering once he is officially a convicted felon, while listing reasons he believed his Republican colleagues were “in a cult.”
“If the guy you're supporting for president has felony convictions that prevent him from going to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and the UK, you might be in a cult,” Swalwell said during Attorney General Merrick Garland’s testimony in a House Judiciary hearing.
Swalwell listed all the countries while Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio yelled over him to try and restore order as his time expired, and as another Republican called for Swalwell's words to be removed from the record.
“The gentlemen is out of order, the time has expired!” Jordan yelled before banging his gavel.
Swalwell’s suggestions came during a Republican-led committee’s annual oversight hearing of the Department of Justice. Garland rebuffed intense questioning from lawmakers about conspiracy theories involving the FBI and Trump’s criminal cases. The attorney general also faces calls to be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena requesting records from special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation in Biden's handling of classified documents.
Swalwell during the hearing also rattled several accusations of Republicans being hypocritical when it comes to Trump.
“So, if you believe in states' rights, except when a jury in that state convicts your nominee for president, you might be in a cult,” Swalwell said. “If you claim you back the blue but want to defund the police when the police go to your nominee's house to retrieve national security secrets, you might be in a cult. ... If you're supporting a guy whose felony convictions prevent him from getting a security clearance, you might be in a cult.”
