{"id":2590501,"date":"2026-04-14T07:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kimmels-bromance-with-disgraced-eric-swalwell-burns-out-but-pro-dem-bias-remains\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:50:44","slug":"kimmels-bromance-with-disgraced-eric-swalwell-burns-out-but-pro-dem-bias-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kimmels-bromance-with-disgraced-eric-swalwell-burns-out-but-pro-dem-bias-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimmel&#8217;s Bromance With Disgraced Swalwell Burns Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkimmels-bromance-with-disgraced-eric-swalwell-burns-out-but-pro-dem-bias-remains%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2590501&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An article from The Federalist argues that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/princess-bride-star-tells-cruz-he-has-contempt-for-him-cruz-fires-back-photo-that-star-signed-to-him\/\" title=\"\u2018Princess Bride\u2019 Star Tells Cruz He Has \u2018Contempt\u2019 For Him. Cruz Fires Back Photo That Star Signed To Him.\">late-night television<\/a> has become a heavily partisan venue that favors Democrats and harms public interest.It centers on Eric Swalwell\u2019s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where swalwell announced a bid for California governor and discussed standing with Epstein\u2019s survivors, onyl to face multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\/\" title=\"\u2018Deplorable And Predatory Behavior\u2019: The Lincoln Project Condemns Cofounder After NYT Reports He Allegedly Sexually Harassed 14...Year...Old Boy\">sexual misconduct allegations<\/a> that ultimately led him to resign from congress. The piece portrays the interview as part of a broader pattern in which hosts like Kimmel and Colbert give friendly, flattering coverage to Democrats while sidelining Republicans, criticizing the lack of equal-time treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Key points include:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Swalwell\u2019s use of late-night TV to promote his gubernatorial ambitions and his later resignation amid sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The portrayal of Kimmel and other late-night hosts as amplifiers of Democratic talking points, with insufficient or selective Republican representation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Criticism that this one-sided coverage violates the FCC\u2019s Equal Time rule and warrants regulatory scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Actions by the Center for American Rights, which has filed complaints about what it calls massive abuse of public airwaves by late-night shows and argues for a more even-handed approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Claims that conservatives remain largely invisible on thes programs, with examples of which guests are invited or excluded.<\/p>\n<p>The piece, written by Matt Kittle, presents these dynamics as evidence of liberal dominance in late-night media and calls for changes to curb perceived bias.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In November, Democratic Party shill <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/18\/stephen-colberts-nightly-democrat-extravaganza-collides-with-fccs-equal-time-rule\/\">Jimmy Kimmel <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/video\/d041a282-1854-43cf-a16a-842ca7248671\/playlist\/pl5523098420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warmly welcomed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/13\/eric-swalwell-suspends-campaign-amid-sexual-assault-accusations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Eric Swalwell<\/a>, D-Calif., on his late-night show. The California congressman had big news: he was throwing his hat into the Golden State&rsquo;s race for governor. Smarmy Swalwell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nIdUSzz44KA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> his good buddy Jimmy he &ldquo;wouldn&rsquo;t do it anywhere else.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The useful idiots in the <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>! studio audience cheered. They especially like it when the California cad spoke of standing up for the victims of dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To me, it&rsquo;s support the survivors,&rdquo; Swalwell told a fawning Kimmel as they discussed the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdxr1r34ev9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vote<\/a> to release the infamous Epstein Files.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s just say the bro love fest hasn&rsquo;t aged very well as Swalwell abandons his run for governor &mdash; and his seat in Congress &mdash; amid a raft of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/13\/the-other-villain-in-swalwell-allegations-is-the-complicit-corporate-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sexual misconduct allegations<\/a>.&nbsp;The interview was one of endless examples of why late-night broadcast television has become a wasteland of one-party rule that is long overdue for regulatory correction.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A new Eric Swalwell accuser will appear at a press conference in Beverly Hills tomorrow with her attorneys<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Max Gorden (@Max_Gorden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Max_Gorden\/status\/2043783222996414637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Swalwell and Kimmel spent the brunt of the segment attacking the man they love to hate, President Donald Trump, accusing him of &ldquo;acting like somebody who has something to hide.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the Epstein vote we showed that we, justice, and those victims are stronger,&rdquo; Swalwell said with puffed chest to audience applause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Five months later, Swalwell is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/metoo-tweets-from-andrew-cuomo-that-aged-horribly\/\" title=\"#MeToo Tweets From Andrew Cuomo That Aged Horribly\">facing multiple allegations<\/a> from women who say they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/10\/us\/eric-swalwell-sexual-misconduct-allegations-invs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">victims<\/a> of the far-left congressman&rsquo;s inappropriate sexual conduct. In one case, a woman who worked in his office has <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/newsletter\/swalwell-governor-campaign-ends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> Swalwell of raping her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How does Jimmy like him now?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;I Plan to Resign My Seat&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, the frontrunner bowed out of the governor&rsquo;s race, apologizing to family, staff, friends and supporters for &ldquo;mistakes in judgment&rdquo; he has made in the past, but he maintained that he would fight the &ldquo;serious, false allegations that have been made.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The fallout continued Monday, when Swalwell announced he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/rep-eric-swalwell-resigns-congress-sexual-assault-allegations-rcna331629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resign<\/a> his seat in Congress amid growing calls to send the Democrat packing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong. But it&rsquo;s also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties. Therefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress,&rdquo; Swalwell said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12079746\/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> to the media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most of his fellow Democrats have abandoned the once-cocky pitbull for the party&rsquo;s deranged Trump &ldquo;resistance&rdquo; movement. Of course, Swalwell&rsquo;s treatment of women in his office and elsewhere has allegedly been one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9mtAvUCRBks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">worst-kept secrets<\/a> &mdash; a la Hollywood&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/20\/nx-s1-5075185\/harvey-weinstein-allegations-trials-timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvey Weinstein<\/a> &mdash; in D.C. Once useful, Swalwell became an inconvenience, and definitely expendable in a governor&rsquo;s race with too many Democrats. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s the next Joe Biden caught in a clan of liberal hyenas. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Business As Usual&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Suffice to say, Swalwell&rsquo;s old pal Jimmy wasn&rsquo;t extending any invites to announce his next political moves. Jimmy, in fact, didn&rsquo;t have much to say on the bombshell allegations. Officials from his show did not return The Federalist&rsquo;s requests for comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>But it will be business as usual for the late-night &ldquo;comedian&rdquo; whose <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/ratings\/here-are-final-late-night-ratings-for-q1-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flagging show<\/a> is nothing more than a rehash of he daily Democratic Party talking points. The &ldquo;fawning treatment&rdquo; of Swalwell by Kimmel and fellow party stooge Stephen Colbert is further proof that late-night television is operating in a &ldquo;narrow partisan, political interest,&rdquo; as the Federal Communications Commission has warned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-warns-broadcasters-must-correct-course-news-distortions-before-license-renewals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> the broadcast networks that they run the risk of hefty penalties and the loss of their licenses if they continue to abuse the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DA-26-68A1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Equal Time&rdquo; rule<\/a> that requires even-handed treatment of political candidates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-sets-record-straight-stephen-colbert-censorship-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reminded<\/a> CBS of the rule in February, when Colbert opted to invite Texas Democrat darling and false prophet <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/18\/stephen-colberts-nightly-democrat-extravaganza-collides-with-fccs-equal-time-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Talarico <\/a>on his show right before the primary election. <em>The Late Show<\/em> host did not extend the same offer &mdash; an earned media jackpot &mdash; to Senate primary opponent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jasmine-crockett-mocked-alleging-gop-rigged-democratic-senate-primary-claiming-cheating-occurred\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Jasmine Crockett<\/a>, D-Texas. CBS attorneys advised Colbert and crew to make sure they were following the equal time rule, with the left trying to make the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-third-annual-liberal-hack-tournament-is-here\/\" title=\"The Third Annual \u201cLiberal Hack Tournament\u201d Is Here\">liberal late-night host<\/a> a martyr after the Talarico interview was moved to its YouTube channel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Suhr, president of the Center for American Rights (CAR), reminded Carr of Swalwell&rsquo;s cozy relationship with biased late-night television in a letter Monday to the FCC chair. Swalwell jumped on Colbert&rsquo;s show to announce his ill-fated 2020 run for president, and has sat in on <em>Late Night with Seth Myers<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The love runs two ways &ndash; not only did Kimmel platform Swalwell to announce his run, but then Swalwell led a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/eric-swalwell-dons-jimmy-kimmel-live-hat-solidarity-cnn-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&lsquo;Stand with Kimmel&rsquo;<\/a> campaign when Disney and local broadcasters chose to suspend his program,&rdquo; wrote Suhr, referencing Kimmel&rsquo;s slap on the wrist for saying some truly awful things in his monologue about slain conservative leader Charlie Kirk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;One-Sided Love&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>The Center for American Rights has filed multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanrights.org\/cases\/center-for-american-rights-files-fcc-complaint-demands-action-over-massive-abuse-of-public-airwaves-by-late-night-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaints<\/a> with the FCC alleging &ldquo;massive abuse&rdquo; of the public airwaves by the networks at their late shows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel and the late-night gang have generously provided equal time to fellow Democrats. Katie Porter, a former congresswoman and contender in the California governor&rsquo;s contest, has done the late-night circuit many times. As Suhr notes, Kimmel twice donated to Porter&rsquo;s congressional campaigns, information not disclosed when she appeared on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live! <\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Top Republican candidates in the campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/california-gop-convention-bianco-hilton-22200174.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco<\/a>, apparently haven&rsquo;t made the late-night cut. Suhr asserts that both candidates &mdash; Hilton, &ldquo;a longtime TV personality with a British accent,&rdquo; and Bianco, &ldquo;a hard-charging, tough-talking sheriff who has plenty of media experience as Riverside County Sheriff&rdquo; &mdash; would make terrific guests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But the candidates picked the wrong party to earn favor in late-night land. As NewsBusters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/alex-christy\/2025\/12\/22\/late-night-comedy-shows-go-six-months-99-liberal-guests-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>, conservatives are all but invisible on the politically-biased shows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The totally one-sided love showered on Eric Swalwell, heretofore the golden boy from the Golden State in Democratic politics, and other Democrats shows again the New York-Hollywood values that dominate our media landscape,&rdquo; Suhr wrote. &ldquo;As we&rsquo;ve said before, late night is where Democratic politics and Hollywood celebrity intersects. That is not bona fide news, and it is not in the public interest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >award-winning investigative reporter<\/a> and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimmel hosted Swalwell as he announced CA governor bid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2590502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-13-at-11.51.48-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[22692,50410,4793,25906,6741],"class_list":["post-2590501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-bromance","tag-controversy-2","tag-kimmel","tag-late-night","tag-swalwell"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-13-at-11.51.48-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2590501"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590507,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590501\/revisions\/2590507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2590501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2590501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2590501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}