Swalwell Gets Social Media Pushback After Tweet About Son and Mass Shooting

Swalwell Gets Social Media Pushback After Tweet About Son and Mass Shooting

Swalwell Caught Using Son as Political Pawn – Immediately Regrets It!

(LibertySons.org) – Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) claims his 4-year-old son asked him what he planned to do about the Buffalo grocery store shooting that took the lives of 10 people on May 16. In a tweet, the representative said the small child used FaceTime to ask, “Why did the bad man do this?” Swalwell then used the question as a chance to push his gun reform agenda, but people weren’t buying the validity of the story.

Some viewers were quick to rebuke that a young child would even be thinking about the tragedy and have the skills to say what Swalwell claimed. The representative quickly stood up for himself in a tweet.

Some people took the chance to poke fun at the California lawmaker. Conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey made up her own story about a newly born child pondering why some politicians make up narratives to back their points.

One Twitter user cautioned Swalwell about exposing such a young child to violent news. Still another said he would never allow his 5-year-old to watch a news story about mass murder, calling the move “bad parenting.”

Swalwell continued to say what he posted was the truth, posting a screenshot showing a text conversation and an image of his son sitting in front of a television showing a broadcast of the event. He also maintained his stance on needing more gun control.

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