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The Swamp Returns to the DNC Convention: Former Acting US Attorney General Sally Yates, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Former Secretary of State John Kerry, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Former President Bill Clinton and Former Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden. The swamp is a breeding ground for all kinds of unsightly creatures. Drain the swamp is a phrase which since the 1980s has frequently been used by American politicians. Ronald Reagan, who called to “drain the swamp” of bureaucracy in the federal government in 1983 when commissioning The Grace Commission. Malcolm takes on the swamp in a way that puts corruption and political humor in context.