‘King of Cringe’ Rep. Eric Swalwell isn’t just Weird – He May Have Legal Troubles

Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance, a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, a constant need for admiration, and lack empathy for others.

Poster boy Rep. Eric Swalwell and California gubernatorial candidate fits this description to the letter. Remember when he ran for President in 2020 proving that he’s the King of Cringe?

But Swalwell has more pressing matters than just an obnoxious personality.

Filmmaker Joel Gilbert filed a lawsuit against Swalwell in January claiming Swalwell isn’t qualified to run for governor of California because he doesn’t officially live in his home state.

“Public records searches reveal no current ownership or leasehold interest held by Eric Swalwell in California, nor any history of any ownership of leasehold interest based on available public records,” said the petition filed by Gilbert on Jan. 8. according to a bombshell new court claim.

Gilbert said in a court complaint filed in Sacramento that Swalwell (D-Calif.), considered the likely successor to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, actually lives in Washington, DC, and is prohibited from running for the top state office under California law.

Gilbert’s lawsuit explains:

Gilbert continued:

That rhetoric is not accidental. It echoes the moral inversion perfected by 1960s and 1970s extremist movements such as the Weather Underground, which openly championed armed struggle and portrayed police officers as expendable agents of oppression.

In that worldview, the uniform itself became justification for death.

Swalwell’s column borrowed heavily from this playbook – erasing victims, sanctifying perpetrators, and laundering violence through the language of civil rights.

Narcissist or just obnoxious, Eric Swalwell is not only a legend in his own mind, but his mind seems to be a really strange place.

Remember his government shutdown stunts – lifting very light weights, swimming and eating tacos when “he should have been working?”

Whether Eric Swalwell is turning the Nativity into an ICE raid on Christmas, or making bizarre Tik Tok memes with a 14-year old kid lip syncing to 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up,” he’s a weirdo.

Swalwell beclowned himself Christmas Day with a post to X that recast the Nativity as an immigration raid, effectively likening Jesus, Mary, and Joseph to illegal aliens and portraying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents storming the Bethlehem stable.

May this be the last Christmas we live this nightmare. pic.twitter.com/DRlBACltJQ

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) December 25, 2025

Swalwell’s December totally cringy Tic Tok video meme where he lip-syncs the opening hook to 4 Non Blondes’ classic song “What’s Up” while standing back-to-back with the 14-year-old, who then takes over halfway through the clip by lip-syncing the rap by Nicki Minaj in her song “Beez in the Trap” — minus a couple profanities that were likely removed because Swalwell’s co-star is, well, a child, the NY Post reported.

Yes, we are talking about him, but not in a good way, and only to remind voters what a weirdo he is, and a narcissistic elitist who apparently thinks he’s above the law.