Written by Michael Palomba
While you probably don’t know her, Sara Jacobs is a Democrat running for Congress in the 53rd district.
Despite her relatively unassuming profile, this isn’t Jacobs’ first rodeo. She ran in the 49th congressional district in 2018, but was only able to conjure up about 16 percent of the vote in the primary election.
Despite her failed previous bid for the House, she’s trying again. And this time she has been endorsed by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), not that that means much. If you’re not familiar with Swalwell, you’re about to be.
To start, Swalwell is no stranger to failed bids for elected office, given that he launched an extremely short lived campaign for president in April 2019 and suspended his campaign just two months later. He never polled above one percent, showing just how irrelevant he is.
Furthermore, Swalwell made national headlines in November when he farted, loudly, live on air during a Trump impeachment interview. He has since denied that this occurred, but the video evidence doesn’t lie.
Swalwell is also known to be fiercely anti-Trump, as can be inferred by some of his recent tweets.
Every second we spend attacking Trump’s lawyers is a second we aren’t reminding people about their client: the most corrupt president ever. Who cares about his insignificant lawyers? Trump is cheating and must be stopped. #impeachment
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) January 28, 2020
He, of course, does not have anything to back up the claim that Trump is “the most corrupt president ever.”
Perhaps most notably, Swalwell threatened to use nuclear weapons on Americans defending their Second Amendment right to bear arms. While many Democrats likely think the same thing privately, Swalwell was foolish enough to say the quiet part out loud.
That hasn’t discouraged Jacobs, however. She gleefully tweeted about being endorsed by Swalwell, as well as two other members of Congress with little name recognition.
It's an honor to be endorsed by Reps Swalwell, Kim, and Frankel. They've dedicated so much of their careers to lifting up the next generation and focusing on urgent issues like climate change, gun violence, and election security. It would be an honor to serve with them. #CA53 pic.twitter.com/MahSKB97cf
— Sara Jacobs (@SaraJacobsCA) January 28, 2020
It’s safe to say that Sara Jacobs will not be seeing the floor of the House anytime soon, but that won’t stop her insatiable desire for power and attention—something she and Swalwell clearly have in common.
