To: Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative-elect
Eric Swalwell: Join the Progressive Caucus
Join the Progressive Caucus--soon. We want you to represent the people in your District, not the Special Interests. Many of us supported you in the recent election, and all of us are concerned that the money you received from Developers and other Special Interests will influence your votes.
We will be watching your votes, examining them for evidence that you are representing the Special Interests rather than the people.
Your joining the Congressional Progressive Caucus soon would be one important step in reassuring us that you intend to represent us.
We will be watching your votes, examining them for evidence that you are representing the Special Interests rather than the people.
Your joining the Congressional Progressive Caucus soon would be one important step in reassuring us that you intend to represent us.
Why is this important?
Eric Swalwell has a history of supporting developers, and he received large sums of money from real estate firms, builders, law firms, contractors and other businesses for his campaign for Congress.
His campaign literature in 2012 said, "we need government and business on the same page," which is Republican-speak for "government needs to let business do whatever business wants to do"--in other words, unregulated capitalism, which is what threw us into the Great Recession, from which we're still recovering.
Some of us--even some who strongly supported Swalwell in the election--are concerned that now that he's elected, he'll turn into a conservative, Blue-Dog Democrat, often voting with the Regressives rather than the Progressives.
His campaign literature in 2012 said, "we need government and business on the same page," which is Republican-speak for "government needs to let business do whatever business wants to do"--in other words, unregulated capitalism, which is what threw us into the Great Recession, from which we're still recovering.
Some of us--even some who strongly supported Swalwell in the election--are concerned that now that he's elected, he'll turn into a conservative, Blue-Dog Democrat, often voting with the Regressives rather than the Progressives.