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Eric Swalwell’s Past Erotic Poetry Surfaces: ‘Blood Rolled Down Our Chins’

The poem surfaced amid Swalwell's 2026 California governor campaign, revealed by a conservative filmmaker opposing his run, highlighting explicit content from his college years.

  • Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell wrote a sexually explicit poem titled "Hungover From Burgundy" at age 19 during college, describing a vivid encounter involving kissing, biting, and blood imagery.
  • Swalwell's past writings expressing sympathy for controversial convicted criminals have resurfaced and raised questions about his youth rhetoric compared to his later role in criminal justice.
  • Swalwell had contact with Christine Fang, a suspected Chinese spy who supported his 2014 campaign before he cut ties in 2015 following a U.S. intelligence briefing; a 2023 House Ethics Committee investigation found no wrongdoing.
  • Swalwell's campaign responded to the poem's revelation with humor, while critics questioned his seriousness as a candidate amid competitive polling and reports of missed votes.
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Twitchy broke the news in United States on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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