Rep. Eric Swalwell Tuesday dismissed a new CNN poll that showed he just had an asterisk, not a number that could be counted following last week's Democratic presidential debate.
"So it’s early as you know, just under 500 days until the next election," the California Democrat told CNN's "New Day." "But also what’s interesting in that poll is that 57% of the people polled did not watch the debate."
Anchor John Berman pointed out to Swalwell that he was represented with an asterisk, and asked him how much time he'd give his race to grow.
"You know I got about 4 minutes total to talk," said Swalwell. "Others like the vice president and you know, people who are polling higher right now talked for about 12 to 13 minutes."
He added that he wanted to introduce himself as a seven-year congressman who has "tried to shake things up" by bringing new members of Congress to Washington.
Swalwell did question Biden during the debate about age as a factor, and he said Tuesday that was because of the issues of healthcare and income for young families.
"(It has) become a GoFundMe generation for so many of us; that's our healthcare plan," he said. "I just don't think we can count on people who have been in public service for decades to solve a problem that's getting worse. We'll have to live with the failures of the past to address it."
Swalwell added that he thinks candidates who want to get rid of private insurance are wrong.
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