It also brings the total number of candidates officially running for the Democratic Party presidential nomination to a whopping 18.

If you don't remember Swalwell from his controversial tweet last year claiming that the US government could use nuclear weapons on Americans who revolted if their guns were outlawed, you may remember him from his relentless promotion of demented Russiagate conspiracy theories, or from his general foaming-at-the-mouth hawkishness toward Russia. Swalwell has openly admitted that he supports an agenda to "isolate Russia from the rest of the world" using economic warfare, and that he sees the alleged 2016 Russian election interference as "an act of war".