House Reps Say They’ll Vote to Expel Swalwell and Gonzales: ‘Both Gentlemen Need to go Home’ | Video
Jayapal said she would vote for expulsion and reiterated that Swalwell should leave the governor’s race.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYTheWrap is an established trade publication with an identified author, though this article is outside the outlet’s core entertainment focus. The page attributes its central comments to named lawmakers and identifies prior reporting and an official investigation.
- Source type — Established trade publication; political coverage is not its primary specialty.
- Transparency — The article identifies the interview program, cites prior CNN reporting, and names the investigating office.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited.
- Editorial standards — The short report attributes allegations and statements rather than presenting them all as established facts.
The report attributes its central claims to named lawmakers, cites prior reporting, and notes an official investigation. It offers little detail beyond those sources and does not include responses from Swalwell or Gonzales.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes comments from lawmakers supporting expulsion and reports allegations and an investigation, but provides no response from Swalwell or Gonzales or other countervailing perspective.
- Counterarguments presented — No response from Swalwell or Gonzales is included.
- Source diversity — The report relies chiefly on two lawmakers’ interviews, with references to prior reporting and an investigation.
- Loaded language — Strongly evaluative language appears in attributed quotations rather than the reporter’s narration.
- Opinion vs reporting — The piece is presented as a news report, not an opinion piece.
The article reports lawmakers’ statements and allegations with attribution, without clear partisan framing. Its focus on allegations and calls for expulsion is not, by itself, evidence of a left- or right-leaning stance.
- Language tone — Most narration is factual and attributed; evaluative phrases are presented as lawmakers’ quotations.
- Source selection — The article centers on two lawmakers’ comments and does not include responses from the subjects of the allegations.
- Framing — The headline and article focus on bipartisan lawmakers’ stated support for expulsion.
Byron Donalds and Pramila Jayapal said they would vote to expel Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales if measures are introduced. Jayapal also said Swalwell should leave the California governor’s race; the article reports allegations against both men and a newly opened investigation into Swalwell.
Donalds and Jayapal made their comments in separate interviews on “Meet the Press.” Donalds called the men’s actions unacceptable, while Jayapal said both should leave Congress and that Swalwell should drop out of the California governor’s race. She said Gonzales had admitted to harassment involving a staffer.
The article says Swalwell has been accused of sexual misconduct and sexual assault, and that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office opened an investigation into women’s claims. It also reports allegations that Gonzales sent a former staff member messages requesting nude photos and exchanged sexually charged messages with a congressional aide who died by suicide last year.
Community verdict
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SWIPE →Representative who called for both men to leave Congress and urged Swalwell to leave the governor’s race
Representative facing sexual misconduct and sexual assault allegations and the subject of an investigation
Swalwell's version of this story ↗Representative who said he would vote to expel Swalwell and Gonzales
Donalds's version of this story ↗Representative facing sexual misconduct and harassment allegations
Gonzales's version of this story ↗Part of a bigger story
11 OUTLETSOutlets report that Pramila Jayapal said she would vote to expel Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales amid sexual misconduct allegations. The sides broadly present the calls for action as a cross-party response to the allegations. Left-leaning outlets place Jayapal’s position within wider pressure for Swalwell to leave politics and a legal and ethical crisis. Center outlets emphasize bipartisan institutional accountability and the calls against both members. Right-leaning outlets mostly focus on Jayapal’s support for expulsion, while some portray it as a break in Democratic support for Swalwell.
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- OUTLETS
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- AVG CRED
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- Conservative Institute · Jayapal says she would vote to expel Swalwell and Gonzales over sexual misconduct allegations
- Fox Wilmington · Two Democratic reps call for Swalwell to exit Congress as controversy swirls around his bid for CA governor
- The Washington Times · ‘This is not a partisan issue’: Pramila Jayapal backs expelling Swalwell, Gonzales from House - Washington Times
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