Eric Swalwell Offers Despicable Words About ICE and 'Real Men,' As Dems Show Why Their Approval Is So Low

We reported earlier on New York Dem Rep. Jerry Nadler's response when he was asked about the attacks on ICE agents.

His reply? "What attacks on ICE agents?"

So we are left with either Nadler is clueless/delusional or, as some thought, deliberately failing to acknowledge the attacks because it serves the Democratic narrative against ICE.

The ridiculous response from Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) might support that second thesis. He was completely dismissive when asked about the threats to ICE agents by Johnny Belisario, the correspondent for Jesse Watters' show on Fox.

Swalwell claimed that he got more threats than ICE agents. "Don't wear masks," he replied, saying ICE was "terrorizing women. Real men don't terrorize women."

🚨 REP. ERIC SWALWELL, on ICE agents: "You're terrorizing women. Real men don't terrorize women."

"Don't wear masks in our community!" pic.twitter.com/PyxEvX0mNN
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 19, 2025

That's despicable. No, Eric, real men uphold the law and protect their country. They don't embrace or defend those who have broken the law. They don't demonize law enforcement. They don't try to use women to defend their horrible policies.

Belisario asked if Swalwell wore a mask in 2020 during COVID. That disturbed Swalwell, complaining about "whatever cute 'gotcha' you think you got there." "They're protecting themselves," Belisario said about the agents. He argued Jesse Watters probably got more threats than Swalwell. Swalwell said Watters wasn't a "real man." Frankly, when it comes to "real men," I don't think the first person that pops into anyone's mind is Swalwell.

Moreover, this false demonizing of ICE is whipping up the threats. He contributes to the atmosphere when he says such things. The threats ICE is facing can be laid at the feet of the Democrats. The agents are wearing masks because of the threats against them, with more than an 800 percent increase in attacks on them. Agents have their agency or "Police" displayed on their vests or on their uniforms.

Then, too, I don't believe he gets more threats when ICE is getting so many from leftists. He's trying to be dismissive, as though the threats mean nothing. He can't even bring himself to do in this clip what a real man would - condemn the threats against the agents, even if he disagrees with the policy.

These questions of Nadler and Swalwell came from a collection of questions that Belisario asked members of Congress. The questions included if Democrats were mad at Barack Obama for calling them weak, saying they needed to "toughen up" and do less "navel-gazing."

Lawmakers reacts to Obama telling democrats to toughen up! pic.twitter.com/e8XxrtHKCV
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) July 18, 2025

Nadler didn't seem to understand the question and then didn't know what to say. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) tried to avoid Belisario. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was surprised, "Miracles can happen! For once in my life, I agree with Barack Obama!"

Belisario inquired about Rosie O'Donnell's move to Ireland because of her anger at President Donald Trump. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said Ireland already had the potato famine, and he didn't know what they had done to deserve this.

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) repeated the false narrative about ICE "kidnapping people" when asked about the agency. Cruz condemned "Democrats openly embracing violence as a threat to law enforcement."

Belisario asked Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) about Congressional Democrats having 19 percent approval in a recent poll, the lowest on record so far. Durbin wasn't for talking.

These responses are a perfect example of why their approval is so low, when they are so divorced from reality and on the wrong side of the issues.

Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.

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