Swalwell would become the first Democrat to end their presidential bid, just two days after the candidate took direct aim at McConnell for blocking gun control bills passed by the House.
"How would you pass any gun control legislation, as president, if Mitch McConnell has control of the Senate?" CNN asked Swalwell on Saturday.
"I used to think that, too," Swalwell responded,"until I saw the Parkland generation and the Moms Demand Action and the Giffords Group and the March for Our Lives, go to the ballot box this last election and they beat 17 candidates NRA-endorsed members of Congress." Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell speaks to reporters in the spin room before the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27 in Miami, Florida.He continued:"[L]et's beat Mitch McConnell and let's talk about gun safety in Kentucky and Arizona and Maine and all these other states, because the moms are with us... I'm not even accepting the premise that Mitch McConnell is going to be there.
The campaign has not yet reported its fundraising amounts since Swalwell announced his candidacy April 8 on. But with receiving 1 percent or less in national polls, it is likely that Swalwell would not make it onto the stage for the second Democratic primary debate at the end of this month. His poll numbers are at a virtual tie with Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, Montana Governor Steve Bullock and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. A
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