Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who served as a House manager in President Donald Trump’s 2021 impeachment trial, has launched his bid for California governor.

Swalwell highlighted his desire to help Californians prosper as he announced his candidacy on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday night.

“Our state, this great state, needs a fighter and a protector,” Swalwell said. “Someone who will bring prices down, lift wages up.”

He also touched on his clashes with Trump, saying he was ready “to bring this fight home.”

“Our state is under attack,” Swalwell said in a statement on his campaign website. Trump “has militarized our streets, canceled cancer research, zeroed out clean energy climate projects, and is chasing our immigrant friends and neighbors through their workplaces, kids’ scho

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