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Drain the swamp is a phrase which has frequently been used by politicians since the 1980s and in the U.S. often refers to reducing the influence of special interests and lobbyists. The phrase can allude to the physical draining of swamps which is conducted to keep mosquito populations low in order to combat malaria, [1] prevalent during the ...
May 15, 2018 · The phrase drain the swamp was originally popularized to reference the literal removal of water from marshy areas. Removing the water would also remove mosquitos, alligators, and other creatures that depended on the water. Drain the swamp has since been adopted by politicians who use the phrase as a metaphor that means to “root out corruption
Nov 11, 2016 · In October, a new chant joined the canon: "Drain the swamp." Trump announced his plans for sweeping ethics reform that day, pledging to "make our government honest once again." A man holds up a ...
Jan 19, 2017 · January 19, 2017. Washington, D.C., in 1860. PHOTOGRAPH BY PHOTOQUEST / GETTY. On October 17th, during a speech on ethics reform, Donald Trump announced, “It is time to drain the swamp in ...
- Ted Widmer
Jan 20, 2018 · During Trump’s campaign, a ‘drain the swamp’ chant could be heard as Trump announced plans for ethics reform saying he would ‘make our government honest once again’ (Picture: Bloomberg ...
May 9, 2018 · The English phrase "drain the swamp" appeared at least as long ago as 1903, in an Oshkosh, Wis., newspaper. "Socialists are not satisfied with killing a few of the mosquitoes which come from the ...
Oct 24, 2020 · We’re going to drain the swamp,” Trump said at a North Carolina rally in 2016. As the crowd picked up the chant — “Drain the swamp! Drain the swamp!”. — Trump explained that when he ...
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