{"id":2592709,"date":"2026-04-20T09:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knives-out-bill-maher-recounts-having-creep-eric-swalwell-on-his-show-i-never-liked-him\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:56:43","slug":"knives-out-bill-maher-recounts-having-creep-eric-swalwell-on-his-show-i-never-liked-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knives-out-bill-maher-recounts-having-creep-eric-swalwell-on-his-show-i-never-liked-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Knives Out: Bill Maher Recounts Having &#8216;Creep&#8217; Eric Swalwell on His Show: &#8216;I Never Liked Him&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fknives-out-bill-maher-recounts-having-creep-eric-swalwell-on-his-show-i-never-liked-him%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=2592709&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>the piece,from The Western Journal,argues that Eric Swalwell\u2019s political career is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >collapsing amid multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-bill-would-give-n-y-gov-power-to-detain-citizens-deemed-a-public-health-hazard\/\" title=\"Proposed bill would give N.Y. Gov. power to detain citizens deemed a \u2018public health hazard\u2019\">sexual misconduct<\/a> allegations<\/a>,including a serious accusation of rape,which led him to suspend his gubernatorial bid in late 2025 and ultimately resign from Congress. It centers on Bill Maher\u2019s Real Time remarks in which he called Swalwell a \u201ccreep\u201d and admitted he never liked him,noting that Maher had previously defended Swalwell.The article suggests this reveals a pattern in which Democratic figures are protected when useful but quickly targeted once they become liabilities, pointing to \u201copen secrets\u201d that are ignored for ratings or policy goals. It questions why Maher, viewed as a reasonable voice within the party, did not speak out earlier and asks who else in Congress might be shielded from accountability. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nadler-appears-to-be-dead-asleep-at-epstein-doj-hearing-same-hearing-where-he-accused-ag-bondi-of-not-caring-about-victims\/\" title=\"Watch: Nadler Appears to Be Dead Asleep at Epstein DOJ Hearing - Same Hearing Where He Accused AG Bondi of Not Caring About Victims\">piece references social-media posts<\/a> and a warning about coarse language, and it cites examples like Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, and Larry Craig as alleged open secrets at different times.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The knives are out as the sun sets on Eric Swalwell&rsquo;s political career.<\/p>\n<p>They always are when the fall is complete and the risk that comes with taking on a prominent Democrat is gone. That is exactly why it was so safe for Bill Maher to put a dagger in Swalwell this past week.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime HBO host spent part of Friday recounting his experiences with Swalwell as though he saw all the scandals coming.<\/p>\n<p>Conveniently, that realization arrived only after defending Swalwell became impossible, and after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-add-bill-clintons-wife-to-womens-history-month-collage-after-critics-complain\/\" title=\"Democrats Add ...\u2019s Wife to Women\u2019s History Month Collage After Critics Complain\">multiple women accused<\/a> the disgraced former congressman of egregious behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Maher told his audience on &ldquo;Real Time&rdquo; that he &ldquo;never liked&rdquo; Swalwell, who he called a &ldquo;creep.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains coarse language that may be offensive to some viewers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I gotta say, we had him on a couple of times. Ask my staff, I never liked him. I don&rsquo;t have good gaydar, but I got creepdar. I always thought this guy was a f***ing creep,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Bill Maher says his &#8216;Creepdar&#8217; was going off when Eric Swalwell was on his show, jokes that he is such a creep that he is the type of person who would send a d*ck pic to the Pope. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have good gaydar, but I got creepdar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always thought this guy was a f*cking&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IrZS9Ilrl5\">pic.twitter.com\/IrZS9Ilrl5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2045567979166093751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Maher added, &ldquo;I never liked him, and yet so many Democrats stood by him. Now that we&rsquo;re finding out that it was such an open secret, you know, I hear this so many times. Bill Clinton, it was an open secret in Arkansas. Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein, you know, even Larry Craig, remember?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The question is, if Maher believed all of that, why was Swalwell sitting across from him on national television so many times?<\/p>\n<p>Why was he booked, platformed, and normalized for so long if Maher&rsquo;s intuition told him something was wrong?<\/p>\n<p>Sure, Swalwell&rsquo;s political collapse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-woman-steps-forward-darkest-accusations-yet-swalwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unfolded rapidly<\/a> over the past 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>After launching his gubernatorial campaign in late 2025 and emerging as a leading contender, he was hit with multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and outright accused of rape.<\/p>\n<p>On April 12, he suspended his campaign while denying the most serious accusations. Now he has resigned from Congress entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Only then did the full chorus against him begin.<\/p>\n<p>But Maher is only now part of it, and is suddenly eager to say what they &ldquo;always knew.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is a pattern on the left.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party&rsquo;s heroes are held up as fighters, and allegations against them are ignored because they are useful for ratings, cash, or legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the moment these people become a liability, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-pelosi-fellow-dems-scramble-defend-fallout-swalwells-implosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the knives come out<\/a>, and everyone scrambles to distance themselves &mdash; including people like Maher, who is often viewed as the <em>reasonable<\/em> Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Who else in Congress is being protected right now because they are still useful?<\/p>\n<p>What &ldquo;open secrets&rdquo; are quietly being tolerated in the House and Senate until they become politically inconvenient?<\/p>\n<p>How many whispers against other Democrats has Bill Maher heard?<\/p>\n<p>The HBO host deserves some credit for calling out Swalwell as a &ldquo;creep,&rdquo; but why wasn&rsquo;t he doing it in real time when it mattered?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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That\u2019s why Bill Maher felt comfortable turning on Swalwell this week. The longtime HBO host spent part of his show recalling his interactions with Swalwell as if he could already see the scandals coming, a realization that conveniently arrived only after defending Swalwell became impossible and after several women accused Swalwell of serious misconduct. Maher told his Real Time audience that he never liked Swalwell and called him a \u201ccreep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes that Maher\u2019s verdict came amid broader questions about Swalwell\u2019s fate. It quotes Maher\u2019s sharp lines about Swalwell and his \u201ccreepdar,\u201d including jokes about the possibility of Swalwell sending a nude photo to the Pope. It also highlights the larger question: if Maher believed Swalwell was a creep, why was Swalwell appearing on Maher\u2019s show so often, being given a platform and normalization for so long while suspicions supposedly persisted? Swalwell\u2019s political collapse accelerated over the past two weeks, with multiple sexual misconduct allegations, including a charge of rape. He suspended his gubernatorial bid in mid-April, denied the most serious accusations, and ultimately resigned from Congress. Only after his resignation did a broader chorus of condemnation emerge.<\/p>\n<p>The article argues that this is part of a broader pattern on the left: party \u201cheroes\u201d are protected for ratings, fundraising, or legislation, and only when they become liabilities do people swiftly distance themselves. Maher is acknowledged for labeling Swalwell a \u201ccreep,\u201d but the piece questions why he didn\u2019t voice such concerns in real time when they might have mattered. 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