Also, "why didn't someone break the story years ago if it was so well known?" Maybe because women weren't willing to come forward until it was necessary to stop him becoming governor of a whole damn state!

April 11, 2026 - 02:49 UTC

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A man who repeatedly assaulted me in high school ran for office. It was traumatic af to drive around town and see his yard signs, see his ads on tv. I did not come forward (his family is $$$), but if he’d had a shot at winning, I would have sucked it up and stepped forward. I hate this, but believe.
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Many such cases sadly.
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Men can come forward too as a character reference.

Putting all the risk and responsibilities on the victims is a bad system.
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The nature of sexual assault is that often the only people with first-hand knowledge are the victims so there's no way around it.
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well, in this case, they chose not to until after the news broke. maybe it wasn’t their story to tell, maybe their relationship with swalwell was strictly business, but they still chose to associate with him ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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