Deleted Tweets From Alp Basaran, D-N.J.

RT @NathanJRobinson: War is parents watching their babies' brains blown out of their heads. War is old people beheaded by explosions, to… https://t.co/IEdNdvZkFR

And who would be at fault for provoking war in the Middle East... please remind me, I’ve forgot QT @AP: Iran state TV says Tehran has launched "tens" of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq's Ain Assad air base housing U… https://t.co/gzYefemPIP)

Only a band of lunatics led by a pied piper would believe that assassinating #Soleimani made Americans safer. #NoWarWithIran QT @SenateGOP: Qassem Soleimani’s 20-year span of terror is finally over. America—and the world—are safer because… https://t.co/8CrZm1pI2X)

What part of “electability” not being an actual message isn’t clear? Have we learned nothing from 2016? QT @NathanJRobinson: still true. let's not fuck it up this time! https://t.co/q07uTWTuAQ)

If @PeteButtigieg will make the “most progressive president in a half-century” there is something deeply wrong with the Democratic Party- and yet pollsters still scratch their heads every time one of the “consensus choice” picks of their’s looses QT @thehill: .@PeteButtigieg: "I'm running based on what's possible. A bold policy agenda that would make me the most progressiv… https://t.co/zf5wxpfwpM)

From the same country that brought us PM Blair, who relentlessly argued in 2002-2003 that invading Iraq is a great idea. #NoWarWithIran QT @BBCPolitics: “The US have the right to exercise self-defence” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on US airstrike killing Iranian ge… https://t.co/YiLR7I4Sdr)

RT @nytimes: A crowd of people stretching over 30 kilometers, or almost 20 miles, poured out onto the streets of Ahvaz, Iran on… https://t.co/EVwlNCFRL0

To expect anything else from a movement funded by the Koch brothers is absurd. #NoMoreKoch QT @ZaidJilani: Another data point to argue the tea party movement wasn't particularly libertarian, it seems to have been associate… https://t.co/PNRTOvKaMy)

RT @BLeeForCongress: I have been fighting tooth and nail to repeal the overly broad AUMF for years. And you can bet I’ll keep fighting unti… QT @Salon: Will 2020 signal an end to America's endless wars? Don't count on it https://t.co/bjI69FPhyC)

RT @mattduss: One of the key delusions of DC's hawkish psychopaths, helpfully illustrated here, is that military action is "decisive" in a… QT @AmbJohnBolton: Congratulations to all involved in eliminating Qassem Soleimani. Long in the making, this was a decisive blow agai… https://t.co/L6wtt7wyzd)

RT @jamesoliphant: Wondering if legal justification for Soleimani will be traced back to the AUMF, the most flexible instrument since the accordion.

The military industrial complex profits off of the suffering of the children of the working class and uses their tax dollars to line their own pockets with hundreds of billions of dollars from gov’t contracts instead of using them to help those most in need QT @cascamike: “i know that it is rarely the children of the billionaire class who face the agony of reckless foreign policy. it i… https://t.co/ZPb3qfmgHf)

Ideas are powerful. You are powerful. Join our campaign: https://t.co/SHFGUiTsrE #NJ09 https://t.co/OBH8SS2rsF

Not all Democrats are the same- some let their grandiose illusions of power come out in their fear-mongering, while others try to stop war! QT @NYCMayor: Have spoken with Commissioner Shea + Dep Commissioner Miller about immediate steps NYPD will take to protect key NY… https://t.co/MQSCK3Tcxv)

RT @GravelInstitute: No war with Iran!

RT @marwilliamson: We’ve been warned about the perils of climate change, but govt and business resistance to appropriate action has le… https://t.co/LqVSLqeac3

RT @kai_newkirk: Thank you @JulianCastro for running a presidential campaign that put those whose voices too often go unheard at its… https://t.co/CCJXnEVdsn

VA system is not #medicare4all. Gov’t runs hospitals and pays doctors a salary in the VA system. Under #m4all hospitals, doctors, dentists would still remain in the private sector, but gov’t would be the payor instead of private health insurers. Let’s not freak people out. QT @isiah4congress: I spen this morning in the emergency room at my local VA hospital. I am fine. Seeing my doctor didn’t cost me a… https://t.co/xDPKKhSjna)

Just be cognizant that every single Rep or corporate Dem out there is scaring people by saying that #MedicareForAll is a stepping-stone to a public system where gov’t runs and makes decisions on healthcare. Bernie, Jayapal and others (me) are arguing this is a false attack. QT @isiah4congress: @AlpBasaranNJ I never said that the VA is the same as #MedicareForAll I highlighted my experience to show 1. The… https://t.co/xjBkfmlaBE)

I agree, Sanders was attacked plenty by both Hillary in the 2016 primary and recently by ex-Hillary campaign staffers working for other campaigns. Sanders keeps coming out on top only because the dude has been weirdly consistent and on the humane side of issues his whole life. QT @hammodimissouri: Bernie and his policy agenda have been under intense media and bipartisan political scrutiny since he won the 2016… https://t.co/ba2F0ZkNI7)

RT @NathanJRobinson: War is parents watching their babies' brains blown out of their heads. War is old people beheaded by explosions, to… https://t.co/IEdNdvZkFR

And who would be at fault for provoking war in the Middle East... please remind me, I’ve forgot QT @AP: Iran state TV says Tehran has launched "tens" of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq's Ain Assad air base housing U… https://t.co/gzYefemPIP)

Only a band of lunatics led by a pied piper would believe that assassinating #Soleimani made Americans safer. #NoWarWithIran QT @SenateGOP: Qassem Soleimani’s 20-year span of terror is finally over. America—and the world—are safer because… https://t.co/8CrZm1pI2X)

What part of “electability” not being an actual message isn’t clear? Have we learned nothing from 2016? QT @NathanJRobinson: still true. let's not fuck it up this time! https://t.co/q07uTWTuAQ)

If @PeteButtigieg will make the “most progressive president in a half-century” there is something deeply wrong with the Democratic Party- and yet pollsters still scratch their heads every time one of the “consensus choice” picks of their’s looses QT @thehill: .@PeteButtigieg: "I'm running based on what's possible. A bold policy agenda that would make me the most progressiv… https://t.co/zf5wxpfwpM)

From the same country that brought us PM Blair, who relentlessly argued in 2002-2003 that invading Iraq is a great idea. #NoWarWithIran QT @BBCPolitics: “The US have the right to exercise self-defence” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on US airstrike killing Iranian ge… https://t.co/YiLR7I4Sdr)

RT @nytimes: A crowd of people stretching over 30 kilometers, or almost 20 miles, poured out onto the streets of Ahvaz, Iran on… https://t.co/EVwlNCFRL0

To expect anything else from a movement funded by the Koch brothers is absurd. #NoMoreKoch QT @ZaidJilani: Another data point to argue the tea party movement wasn't particularly libertarian, it seems to have been associate… https://t.co/PNRTOvKaMy)

RT @BLeeForCongress: I have been fighting tooth and nail to repeal the overly broad AUMF for years. And you can bet I’ll keep fighting unti… QT @Salon: Will 2020 signal an end to America's endless wars? Don't count on it https://t.co/bjI69FPhyC)

RT @mattduss: One of the key delusions of DC's hawkish psychopaths, helpfully illustrated here, is that military action is "decisive" in a… QT @AmbJohnBolton: Congratulations to all involved in eliminating Qassem Soleimani. Long in the making, this was a decisive blow agai… https://t.co/L6wtt7wyzd)

RT @jamesoliphant: Wondering if legal justification for Soleimani will be traced back to the AUMF, the most flexible instrument since the accordion.

The military industrial complex profits off of the suffering of the children of the working class and uses their tax dollars to line their own pockets with hundreds of billions of dollars from gov’t contracts instead of using them to help those most in need QT @cascamike: “i know that it is rarely the children of the billionaire class who face the agony of reckless foreign policy. it i… https://t.co/ZPb3qfmgHf)

Ideas are powerful. You are powerful. Join our campaign: https://t.co/SHFGUiTsrE #NJ09 https://t.co/OBH8SS2rsF

Not all Democrats are the same- some let their grandiose illusions of power come out in their fear-mongering, while others try to stop war! QT @NYCMayor: Have spoken with Commissioner Shea + Dep Commissioner Miller about immediate steps NYPD will take to protect key NY… https://t.co/MQSCK3Tcxv)

RT @GravelInstitute: No war with Iran!

RT @marwilliamson: We’ve been warned about the perils of climate change, but govt and business resistance to appropriate action has le… https://t.co/LqVSLqeac3

RT @kai_newkirk: Thank you @JulianCastro for running a presidential campaign that put those whose voices too often go unheard at its… https://t.co/CCJXnEVdsn

VA system is not #medicare4all. Gov’t runs hospitals and pays doctors a salary in the VA system. Under #m4all hospitals, doctors, dentists would still remain in the private sector, but gov’t would be the payor instead of private health insurers. Let’s not freak people out. QT @isiah4congress: I spen this morning in the emergency room at my local VA hospital. I am fine. Seeing my doctor didn’t cost me a… https://t.co/xDPKKhSjna)

Just be cognizant that every single Rep or corporate Dem out there is scaring people by saying that #MedicareForAll is a stepping-stone to a public system where gov’t runs and makes decisions on healthcare. Bernie, Jayapal and others (me) are arguing this is a false attack. QT @isiah4congress: @AlpBasaranNJ I never said that the VA is the same as #MedicareForAll I highlighted my experience to show 1. The… https://t.co/xjBkfmlaBE)

I agree, Sanders was attacked plenty by both Hillary in the 2016 primary and recently by ex-Hillary campaign staffers working for other campaigns. Sanders keeps coming out on top only because the dude has been weirdly consistent and on the humane side of issues his whole life. QT @hammodimissouri: Bernie and his policy agenda have been under intense media and bipartisan political scrutiny since he won the 2016… https://t.co/ba2F0ZkNI7)