Rep. Eric Swalwell SWATS Trump: "Gloat now, but you will be fired soon"

[kpete]

Gloat now, but you will be fired soon. And it’s not going to be done cowardly, as you’ve done to so many who’ve served you. There’s a storm gathering, Mr. President, and it’s going to wipe out you and your corrupt organization all the way down to the studs.

Link to tweet

[Zoonart]

1. Whoa!

Go there Eric!

[Frustratedlady]

2. i hope he is right for the most part, but I must correct one part of the statement.

...all the way down to the studs.

The Trump males may think they are studs, but I doubt you'll find many who will agree.

That said, go get `em.

[CatMor]

3. He misspoke....

he meant to say right down to the duds.

[Cha]

7. Aren't studs.. what you put in shirts for

cufflinks? That's what I thought of. lol

[OnDoutside]

14. Or Football boot studs ?

[Cha]

18. Oh yeah! Turns out there's all kinds

of studs.. I just thought of jean studs.. lol

What are those little studs on jeans actually for? There is a purpose!

https://www.today.com/style/what-are-those-little-studs-jeans-actually-there-purpose-t94496

It's still a mystery what studs Eric Swalwell was referring to.

[IronLionZion]

50. Studs really dig into the mud

because they need to get a grip

[LiberalArkie]

20. He is speaking of the studs in the walls.

[dchill]

32. As in DE-construction.

[SMC22307]

34. How could people not get that?

[Frustratedlady]

40. Tongue in cheek....tongue in cheek.

I knew exactly what he meant. It was just a play on words.

[Callmecrazy]

41. Might want to use the sarcasm tag up thread...

For a minute there I thought you were looney tunes.

[Frustratedlady]

42. I tried to find a "tongue in cheek" tag, but couldn't. We need one. eom

[SMC22307]

57. Sorry. With McCabe's firing...

I'm in a really foul mode. Maybe time to go for a long walk!

[dameatball]

43. Correct. In in a rebuild, "taking it down to the studs" means....

....ripping it all out and starting over more or less.

[lastlib]

66. winner. Co-rrect-o!

[frogmarch]

53. Studs are also

boards that serve as framing boards in buildings, supporting the walls. If you want to hang something on a wall, it works best to find a stud under the sheet rock to drive the nail into, to support the nail.

I think there is, or used to be, a house-flipping TV show called Down to the Studs (or something like that).

[jmowreader]

61. I think he means the kind that holds up your walls

It seems that Trump and Dubya Bush were riding together in the lead car of Trump's military parade when a tank squashed it flat.

They got to the Pearly Gates. The flunky on duty that day looked in his book and said, "neither one of you is supposed to be here."

"We're going to Hell?" Dubya asked.

"No," said the flunky, "you're going back to earth. You can't go back as what you were, but you can pick anything else you'd like to be."

The two Republican politicians thought that was a good idea.

"Mr. Bush, what would you like to be?"

"I want to be an eagle," said Mr. Bush.

"A fine choice. And you, Mr. Trump?"

"I want to be a stud."

At the end of the day, St. Peter was going over his new man's work.

"And what did you do with those two American politicians who accidentally came up here?" asked St. Peter.

"Mr. Bush wanted to be an eagle. So I sent him to Alaska. It's really nice for eagles there. Lots of fish, clean skies...he's having a great time."

"And Mr. Trump?"

"That worthless fucker is in the wall of an outhouse in Chicago."

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

64. I believe he meant down to the Studs as in WALL STUDS, something you do when

remodelling or rehabbing. So, frankly speaking, I believe he said EXACTLY what needed to be said.

[Cha]

4. Yay, Eric Swalwell! Thank you! Doesn't trump

just beg for that to be said to him?

Eric Swalwell was the Rep who was insulted by james woods a little while ago.. remember?

[texasfiddler]

5. "There's a storm gathering"

I see what you did there Mr. Swalwell and I approve. Stormy days ahead indeed.

[Tatiana]

6. STRONG words, but as a member of the Intelligence Committee he can say it.

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He and Schiff have most of the goods on this traitor.

He’s right. It’s only a matter of time. I hope Nancy understands that impeachment must be on the table and starts negotiating with key, uncorrupted Republicans.

[OliverQ]

11. Swalwell is also on Judiciary so he's part of the group

that would recommend Impeachment to the full House.

[BigOleDummy]

8. Could have meant .....

...... "stud" as in a carpentry stud maybe. "A wall stud is a vertical framing member in a building's wall of smaller cross section than a post. They are a fundamental element in frame building." (as per Wikipedia) Maybe means rooting the bastards out down to the core.

[Rorey]

22. Yes

And that's the way I read it too.

It's difficult to be patient through all of this. I just want this nightmare to be over.

[True Blue American]

24. I agree with you

On that. Stud means right down to the bare bones. The first thing that goes up in a house.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Ask not for whom the bell tolls . . . .

"Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and see my state, may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that."
John Donne

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. Hats off to Eric Swalwell.........

You have cajones, Eric. Keep the heat on that deplorable , dispicable human being pretending to be a President.

Let us hope Eric Swalwell encourages more members of Congress to stand up to Trump and defy him. What he is going to do? Fire them? Not likely. Voters are turning against Trump with their votes. Alabama and Pennsylvania were wake up calls.

[OnDoutside]

16. Roger Stone HATES Eric Swalwell, so I expect him to weigh in soon.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

19. Let him try. Al Franken still has a voice.......

Roger Stone has a role in this Russia mess that Robert Mueller is paying cllse attention to regarding Carter Page and Sam Nunberg. It was Stone after all who was responsible for AL Franken resigning his Senate seat this year.

[Cha]

21. I had to look up his pic.. I had no idea what he looks like..

[True Blue American]

25. Not only handsome

But as smart as Schiff.

Guys, this is the future of our Democratic Party, along with the many women running this year!

[Cha]

27. Yes! And, he really didn't like

it that Ratrump fired McCabe before he got his pension.. like some vicious vindictive asshole.

I'm sure McCabe is noticing all these Dems speaking out for him.

[True Blue American]

30. Many are demanding

Congress hold open hearings. If we can elect enough Democrats it may scare Republicans into acting.

Presidential Historian just said this Daniels lawsuit is really bad.

Slowly but surely we can only hope. Right now I am not full of hope.

[Cha]

31. "Presidential Historian just said this Daniels lawsuit is really bad."

Good to know.. thank you, True Blue!

[True Blue American]

35. I try:)

Ice and rain, nothing to do.

Been getting phone calls all morning. People can not sleep, discouraged sick at heart, angry, frustrated.

[Cha]

39. Brr.. keep

cozy warm. I know it's bad.. just gotta hang in there.. and hope the pendulum swings towards justice sooner than later.

[AllyCat]

74. What is meant by really bad?

Anyone know?

[Eyeball_Kid]

51. I agree, and I'm hoping that the current Dem leadership...

... sees the handwriting on the wall and surrenders the limelight to the younger leaders who have made their names during the Trumpy Resistance. I mean no disrespect to people like Biden and Pelosi. But it's time for a changing of the guard, and there are younger, appealing leaders ready to take the reins. Let 'em loose.

[True Blue American]

56. Generational Change!

We are long over due in Congress. Won with Obama, back again.

Nothing to do with ageism. Just the plain facts. New ideas, bring in the young. This time they are very much aware their virtual lives are on the line.

[madaboutharry]

12. Thank you Sir.

That day can not come soon enough!

[octoberlib]

13. I loved this tweet!

[malaise]

15. Nice n/t

[orangecrush]

17. K&R

[NoMoreRepugs]

23. Knowing what he knows I think he is speaking TRUTH.

[greymattermom]

26. He probably watches HGTV

and enjoys demo days. They demo right down to the studs, then build a new house inside the old shell. That's what we need to do.

[bucolic_frolic]

28. Guess he's not watching Fox & Friends?

Bold statement from a sitting Congressman.

I keep asking, "when?" This is a crisis we're going through. Time for action.

[thinkingagain]

29. Well I hope then the Democrats

Twitter him “ your fired”
That he loses his gov pension,
his secret service detail,
His future anything that real predidents deserve such as state funeral. That they replace his presidential portrait with a red slime bucket full of slimy shit. The talking statue they made of him for what was it Disney land the red bucket can say i’m Full of crap.
Did I miss any thing?

[CrispyQ]

33. Swalwell is one of our bulldogs.

Every time I see & hear him on TV, he's great!

[jberryhill]

38. Yeah. Words on TV accomplish a lot

[CrispyQ]

44. Yeah, he should remain quiet & not say anything.

He's on the House Judiciary Committee & knows a lot of what's going on with the Russian investigation. He's young, sharp, articulate & comes across great on camera. Dem leadership would do the party a service to take note of the younger members & start promoting them well before the 2020 election so they have name & face recognition. Instead, I'm hearing the names of Biden & Warren & even Clinton. Yawn.

When I was a kid the dems were the young smart party. Now they're the old, played party. The other side has thrown the rule book in the trash. It's time the dems sharpened their game. If we don't gain control of the House in November it could be game over.

[jberryhill]

70. On the judiciary committee

I'll bet he knows enough about law to, oh, draft up some articles of impeachment.

[meadowlander]

68. They do actually.

Look at what 30 years of Fox News has done to this country.

The ground needs to be laid for Mueller indicting the President. If people aren't prepared for it (by months of hearing on the news about the background and commentary by the Democrats) they are more likely to rally in defense of the President or say "if this is such a big deal, why am I just hearing about it now?"

The Russia scandal is massive and complex and people not paying attention to it are more likely to dismiss it if it is thrown at them in its entirety all at once.

That's why it's critical that Schiff and Swalwell and Mark Warner and all the other Democrats be out pounding the drums constantly for action. It also shows up the deafening silence of the Republicans on what should be non-partisan issues - opposition to blatant attacks on our democratic institutions.

[jberryhill]

69. Good point

I'm just about, oh, a year and a quarter well past 'adequately persuaded'.

[Mc Mike]

35. Right on.

[jberryhill]

37. Oh boy. Strong words. As good as thoughts and prayers

Tune in next week as yet another politician has strong words on Twitter or TV.

[Hekate]

45. All the way down to the studs (in the walls of his house): GREAT image

Upthread -- haven't you folks ever used a stud-finder when you were looking for the right place to hang a painting on the wall? Before you go pounding a nail into the plaster, you need to find a wooden support, or the plaster just crumbles around the nail from the weight of the picture.

When your house is damaged, say by rot, you may have rip off all the drywall to get to the frame of the house -- i.e. "take it down to the studs."

[ananda]

46. The Gathering Storm-y

nt

[Chipper Chat]

47. Swallwell and Schiff for Speaker and Whip.

If nancy doesn't want it come november

[Duppers]

58. Amen to that!! +100

[gademocrat7]

48. Spot on!

This insufferable corrupt evil administration must be removed.

[Xipe Totec]

49. Agree with all except there are no studs in the Trump org; only limp pickles nt

[FakeNoose]

52. "Limp pickles" reminds me of this

[Blue Owl]

54. Like the sound of that...

n/t

[Stuart G]

55. k and r no text

[flibbitygiblets]

59. HELL YEAH!

[NastyRiffraff]

60. Wow.

People are saying things out loud they hadn't dared to before. It's going down, folks.

[renate]

62. I really like his Twitter... what's the word, timeline? Gee, I'm old

Whatever it's called, I like all his tweets.

[DesertRat]

63. Rep. Swalwell is on the Intelligence Committee.

He knows of what he speaks.

[Glimmer of Hope]

65. I like that he said 'soon'. I can't wait!

[PatrickforO]

67. The fellow apparently has a construction background. His use of the word 'studs,'

here's the definition:

Studs are boards that function as framing elements in your home, supporting the walls. They're spaced either 16 or 24 inches on-center (measured from center to center) along the wall and run between the floor and ceiling. Drywall or lath (for plaster walls) is attached to the edge of the studs.

[Juliusseizure]

71. Stalwell My Hero Today

Desparate cowardly Trump seems ready to manuever a Mueller firing.

One can live in fear and let the cornered narcissist bully attempt to shred the constitution, or aggressively confront this anti-American reptile so he knows the full extent of the nightmare he's about to inflict on himself. This is my kind of democrat.

[NastyRiffraff]

72. First Brennan, now this

They're slapping Trump around one by one. Plus, Comey & McCabe.

This just doesn't happen. High level government officials don't talk like this. Except about Donald Trump.

[ffr]

73. I have but one regret. That I can REC only once.

Rep. Eric Swalwell