20 Questions for 2020: Eric Swalwell

By NowThis

Published on 6/12/2019 at 1:06 PM

Rep. Eric Swalwell, a self-described “country music Democrat” from a family of Republicans, says he’s determined to overcome the NRA’s blockade on meaningful gun reform.

Watch the presidential hopeful answer all our “20 Questions for 2020.”

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