Deleted Tweets From Gillian Battino, D-Wis.

@PeaceLoveStones In terms of discrimination, a disproportionately high number of deaths occur in black and brown communities, among the elderly and among the disabled. It’s a painful complex conversation but as a physician, I am compelled to support mandates to protect the vulnerable.

@SocialstAviator Maybe this action by the UN will serve to hold the US accountable for the human rights violations that our denial of institutional racism condones.

@PeaceLoveStones There’s much to learn from this pandemic. Going forward, we need to educate folks to consider pandemics from a population health perspective. Not “me” but “we.” But for now, unfortunately, vaccine mandates are needed for certain groups of people to protect the vulnerable.

With the omicron variant spreading, it’s so important to get vaccinated, get boosted, and mask up indoors. Let’s keep our schools safe with mask mandates. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

@PeaceLoveStones That sounds really frustrating. Mandates are highly imperfect and viruses evolve so the vaccines are always trying to catch up. But, the chance of death or hospitalization is significantly lower. Are they alive? Were they hospitalized?

3/7: Discrimination is forcing childbirth. Misogyny and racism motivate the assault on our right to contraception and #Abortion access. Why else would womenbe forced to give birth when it is not what they want, need or planned? And of course, this affects minority women most.

Saturday AM opinion: I’m thinking about the word “discrimination” as used by privileged anti-vaxxers to complain about the consequences of their choice. It’s the wrong word. Discrimination is: no art, music, or special education for Black and brown kids in poverty. A thread: 1/7

2/7: Discrimination is vaccinating #Native Americans for small pox so they could be safely displaced from their lands without infecting white people. Or, distributing blankets infected with small pox for the sole purpose of killing Native Americans. Also known as bioterrorism.

@aqui_conmigo @NReveillee I have hope that this is changing. We need to address the problem of racism from every direction. Building intentional anti-racist legislature is a must. And celebrating the beauty of diversity is an inseparable part of that.

7/7: So folks, choose a different word. Discrimination belongs to the truly oppressed. How about “facing consequences?” And if I sound like your mother, maybe it’s time to grow up. Just sayin’.

Schools with more funding have been shown to have better student outcomes. Let’s give schools the resources they need to set students up for success, regardless of zip code. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

4/7: Discrimination is Asian hate, Islamophobia, anti-semitism, police brutality, ableism, voter suppression. It results in oppression of people based on religion, gender, race, ability, etc. So, please don’t capitalize on suffering of oppressed people to describe your CHOICE.

5/7: “Discrimination” is the wrong word for consequences the privileged unvaccinated face. They disregard the risk they righteously throw at elderly, disabled and vulnerable people, then have the audacity to complain about restaurants, schools, employers’ vaccine mandates.

6/7: Vaccinations are safe, profoundly protective for death and hospitalization and reduce the spread of COVID. Anti-vax logic is as absent as anti #GunControl logic. Is your “freedom” more meaningful than 804,000 COVID deaths? Who has died for your choice? You good with that?

Students need comprehensive, fact-based sexual education to keep them safe and prepare them for the real world. All schools need to be providing this essential education. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

RT @Maddog4Biden: Dr. Battino @Battino4Senate has many qualities that so many currently in the senate are lacking. I’m ready for th… https://t.co/wo2CBhN327

@AmberStiles80 @Maddog4Biden Thank you!!

RT @NReveillee: @Maddog4Biden @Battino4Senate https://t.co/2B19Oqwd7g

RT @AmberStiles80: @Maddog4Biden @Battino4Senate @Battino4Senate has spent a lifetime fighting for women’s rights seeing 1st hand the… https://t.co/fIlT2BXzpe

Institutional racism is tearing our communities and country apart. We must make massive institutional changes to combat the effects of systemic racism that are so pervasive in every facet of American life. There is no other way forward. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

RT @Blueenigma420: This was my grandmother who died from a back alley abortion 100 yrs ago. I never got to meet her. She had 4 kids th… https://t.co/ZLHLXmCpnW

There is no institution in this country that is untouched by systemic racism. Our systems of criminal justice, policing, health care, housing, zoning, education, & transportation all perpetuate racial injustice. We need major changes to combat these injustices. #Battino4WISenate

@drodvik52 Thank you!

@87_RobertM Thank you! It takes a village!

I am committed to fighting for equality and dismantling racial injustice. I support more federal initiatives to identify and resolve racial prejudice in every aspect of American life. Together we can organize and mobilize to end systemic racism and violence. #Battino4WISenate

@GShelia1951 Thank you!!

RT @lindyli: Joe Manchin accepted over $1,500,000 from GOP & corporate interests bent on killing Build Back Better He & his wif… https://t.co/ZQY6nRruEH

Our current health care system is failing and we don’t need half measures or small fixes and updates, we need #MedicareForAll. It’s the only way everyone gets the care they need and, to me, that makes it the only viable option. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022 #M4A

@1drcole @cek422 @SaverSms @KeepCalmPersist @joeregular57 @WilliamMMcKee @AlTheBoss03 @Brett_St_Pierre @Brenda_Resister @bobby82719470 @RaymondHyson Thank you #DrCole!

This is the average cost of an uninsured emergency room visit in this country in 2021. This is unacceptable. We need #MedicareForAll. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022 #M4A https://t.co/V4JRej2Win

@dan_londe @SenRonJohnson Thanks for the heads up! I’m not sure why the sound doesn’t play for you. It plays on my end. But I’ll check with my team too.

@roxa0065 @SenRonJohnson Yes indeed!

@LarrySuperckook @LarryWoolfolk2 This is wonderful! Thank you!

Top 5 reasons I’m running for U.S. Senate: #5: I’ve been working in the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere for over a decade. Minority women in the US are barely better off here than there and it’s getting worse and worse. Americans are dying. A thread: 1/5

@Robespierre0220 @Maddog4Biden Yes!

The price we pay for vaccine misinformation and raging variants is beyond own own understanding: mental health, education, preventative health care, elder care, and undeniable health care provider exhaustion. #VaccinesSaveLives #Battino4WISenate https://t.co/jVizDmEBus

Nobody should go into debt paying for essential medical care. Health care is a human right. So let’s truly make it accessible the way that it should be. We need #MedicareForAll. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022 #M4A

#3: We are out of time. We’ve had enough of the agenda of the extreme wealthy, corporate money, and the aspirations of career politicians. Health, not politics, was my plan. Our country is in critical condition. So, I’m here for Democracy, M4A, climate crisis, and racial justice.

#1: Drum roll please… Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. We need change. I would be the first woman physician to ever serve in the U.S. Senate. And I promise I will be there for you, not for me. Love All, Serve All.

#4: Women get dismissed because they’re smart but opinionated (a.k.a. bitchy), pregnant, on leave, nursing/pumping (unprofessional,) put family first (wait, what?) and then too old and lacking experience (by societal design.) Enough of this, our turn to sit at the table.

#2: Never has it been more clear that we need STEM representation in our governing body. From sex education to the right to abortion care to a failing healthcare system to the incredible threat of the climate crisis to pandemic preparedness. This is my language. I can help.

RT @AWKWORDrap: Rachel Herzing says there’s a “symbiotic relationship between public and private interests that employ imprisonment, polici… QT @AWKWORDrap: “When you have a genocidal apparatus, the only position you take is one of stopping it” @dylanrodriguez was there… https://t.co/mIUJ9oab2J)

In order for every voice to be heard, we should be trying to make voting as easy as possible! Limiting mail in ballots in any way is voter suppression. Making it harder to register to vote is voter suppression. It’s all completely unacceptable & undemocratic. #Battino4WISenate

@edoc_a @bright1950start So many folks here cannot afford an emergency visit (or an Apple computer :)) even when they really need help. So something as simple as strep throat ends up going untreated, causing rheumatic heart disease and death. This happened to my own dad. It shouldn’t be this hard.

RT @Greenpenguins09: Hey @Sen_JoeManchin i’m using my child tax credit to help pay for daycare while I work full-time as a teacher. I’ve… https://t.co/65u7H7XzjP

@jules1327 @Vic_Resist It takes a village! Thank you!

We need to #AbolishTheFilibuster. It's an outdated rule created to prevent racial justice legislation from passing and it is currently making any progress in the Senate impossible. It must go. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

Without voting rights and a commitment to protecting our democracy, all other rights and policies are at stake. Fighting voter suppression is essential to defending our democracy. Let’s make voter registration automatic and fight all other barriers to the vote. #Battino4WISenate

@nudog71 A heart.

RT @DuckyJan1: @POTUS Biden could help millions of Americans with student debt by freezing the debt and canceling all or part of student de… QT @DuckyJan1: Not getting the Build Back Better plans through congress is affecting Biden and the democratic party negatively. Th… https://t.co/ci8c82WYxG)

@PeaceLoveStones In terms of discrimination, a disproportionately high number of deaths occur in black and brown communities, among the elderly and among the disabled. It’s a painful complex conversation but as a physician, I am compelled to support mandates to protect the vulnerable.

@SocialstAviator Maybe this action by the UN will serve to hold the US accountable for the human rights violations that our denial of institutional racism condones.

@PeaceLoveStones There’s much to learn from this pandemic. Going forward, we need to educate folks to consider pandemics from a population health perspective. Not “me” but “we.” But for now, unfortunately, vaccine mandates are needed for certain groups of people to protect the vulnerable.

With the omicron variant spreading, it’s so important to get vaccinated, get boosted, and mask up indoors. Let’s keep our schools safe with mask mandates. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

@PeaceLoveStones That sounds really frustrating. Mandates are highly imperfect and viruses evolve so the vaccines are always trying to catch up. But, the chance of death or hospitalization is significantly lower. Are they alive? Were they hospitalized?

3/7: Discrimination is forcing childbirth. Misogyny and racism motivate the assault on our right to contraception and #Abortion access. Why else would womenbe forced to give birth when it is not what they want, need or planned? And of course, this affects minority women most.

Saturday AM opinion: I’m thinking about the word “discrimination” as used by privileged anti-vaxxers to complain about the consequences of their choice. It’s the wrong word. Discrimination is: no art, music, or special education for Black and brown kids in poverty. A thread: 1/7

2/7: Discrimination is vaccinating #Native Americans for small pox so they could be safely displaced from their lands without infecting white people. Or, distributing blankets infected with small pox for the sole purpose of killing Native Americans. Also known as bioterrorism.

@aqui_conmigo @NReveillee I have hope that this is changing. We need to address the problem of racism from every direction. Building intentional anti-racist legislature is a must. And celebrating the beauty of diversity is an inseparable part of that.

7/7: So folks, choose a different word. Discrimination belongs to the truly oppressed. How about “facing consequences?” And if I sound like your mother, maybe it’s time to grow up. Just sayin’.

Schools with more funding have been shown to have better student outcomes. Let’s give schools the resources they need to set students up for success, regardless of zip code. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

4/7: Discrimination is Asian hate, Islamophobia, anti-semitism, police brutality, ableism, voter suppression. It results in oppression of people based on religion, gender, race, ability, etc. So, please don’t capitalize on suffering of oppressed people to describe your CHOICE.

5/7: “Discrimination” is the wrong word for consequences the privileged unvaccinated face. They disregard the risk they righteously throw at elderly, disabled and vulnerable people, then have the audacity to complain about restaurants, schools, employers’ vaccine mandates.

6/7: Vaccinations are safe, profoundly protective for death and hospitalization and reduce the spread of COVID. Anti-vax logic is as absent as anti #GunControl logic. Is your “freedom” more meaningful than 804,000 COVID deaths? Who has died for your choice? You good with that?

Students need comprehensive, fact-based sexual education to keep them safe and prepare them for the real world. All schools need to be providing this essential education. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

RT @Maddog4Biden: Dr. Battino @Battino4Senate has many qualities that so many currently in the senate are lacking. I’m ready for th… https://t.co/wo2CBhN327

@AmberStiles80 @Maddog4Biden Thank you!!

RT @NReveillee: @Maddog4Biden @Battino4Senate https://t.co/2B19Oqwd7g

RT @AmberStiles80: @Maddog4Biden @Battino4Senate @Battino4Senate has spent a lifetime fighting for women’s rights seeing 1st hand the… https://t.co/fIlT2BXzpe

Institutional racism is tearing our communities and country apart. We must make massive institutional changes to combat the effects of systemic racism that are so pervasive in every facet of American life. There is no other way forward. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

RT @Blueenigma420: This was my grandmother who died from a back alley abortion 100 yrs ago. I never got to meet her. She had 4 kids th… https://t.co/ZLHLXmCpnW

There is no institution in this country that is untouched by systemic racism. Our systems of criminal justice, policing, health care, housing, zoning, education, & transportation all perpetuate racial injustice. We need major changes to combat these injustices. #Battino4WISenate

@drodvik52 Thank you!

@87_RobertM Thank you! It takes a village!

I am committed to fighting for equality and dismantling racial injustice. I support more federal initiatives to identify and resolve racial prejudice in every aspect of American life. Together we can organize and mobilize to end systemic racism and violence. #Battino4WISenate

@GShelia1951 Thank you!!

RT @lindyli: Joe Manchin accepted over $1,500,000 from GOP & corporate interests bent on killing Build Back Better He & his wif… https://t.co/ZQY6nRruEH

Our current health care system is failing and we don’t need half measures or small fixes and updates, we need #MedicareForAll. It’s the only way everyone gets the care they need and, to me, that makes it the only viable option. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022 #M4A

@1drcole @cek422 @SaverSms @KeepCalmPersist @joeregular57 @WilliamMMcKee @AlTheBoss03 @Brett_St_Pierre @Brenda_Resister @bobby82719470 @RaymondHyson Thank you #DrCole!

This is the average cost of an uninsured emergency room visit in this country in 2021. This is unacceptable. We need #MedicareForAll. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022 #M4A https://t.co/V4JRej2Win

@dan_londe @SenRonJohnson Thanks for the heads up! I’m not sure why the sound doesn’t play for you. It plays on my end. But I’ll check with my team too.

@roxa0065 @SenRonJohnson Yes indeed!

@LarrySuperckook @LarryWoolfolk2 This is wonderful! Thank you!

Top 5 reasons I’m running for U.S. Senate: #5: I’ve been working in the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere for over a decade. Minority women in the US are barely better off here than there and it’s getting worse and worse. Americans are dying. A thread: 1/5

@Robespierre0220 @Maddog4Biden Yes!

The price we pay for vaccine misinformation and raging variants is beyond own own understanding: mental health, education, preventative health care, elder care, and undeniable health care provider exhaustion. #VaccinesSaveLives #Battino4WISenate https://t.co/jVizDmEBus

Nobody should go into debt paying for essential medical care. Health care is a human right. So let’s truly make it accessible the way that it should be. We need #MedicareForAll. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022 #M4A

#3: We are out of time. We’ve had enough of the agenda of the extreme wealthy, corporate money, and the aspirations of career politicians. Health, not politics, was my plan. Our country is in critical condition. So, I’m here for Democracy, M4A, climate crisis, and racial justice.

#1: Drum roll please… Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. We need change. I would be the first woman physician to ever serve in the U.S. Senate. And I promise I will be there for you, not for me. Love All, Serve All.

#4: Women get dismissed because they’re smart but opinionated (a.k.a. bitchy), pregnant, on leave, nursing/pumping (unprofessional,) put family first (wait, what?) and then too old and lacking experience (by societal design.) Enough of this, our turn to sit at the table.

#2: Never has it been more clear that we need STEM representation in our governing body. From sex education to the right to abortion care to a failing healthcare system to the incredible threat of the climate crisis to pandemic preparedness. This is my language. I can help.

RT @AWKWORDrap: Rachel Herzing says there’s a “symbiotic relationship between public and private interests that employ imprisonment, polici… QT @AWKWORDrap: “When you have a genocidal apparatus, the only position you take is one of stopping it” @dylanrodriguez was there… https://t.co/mIUJ9oab2J)

In order for every voice to be heard, we should be trying to make voting as easy as possible! Limiting mail in ballots in any way is voter suppression. Making it harder to register to vote is voter suppression. It’s all completely unacceptable & undemocratic. #Battino4WISenate

@edoc_a @bright1950start So many folks here cannot afford an emergency visit (or an Apple computer :)) even when they really need help. So something as simple as strep throat ends up going untreated, causing rheumatic heart disease and death. This happened to my own dad. It shouldn’t be this hard.

RT @Greenpenguins09: Hey @Sen_JoeManchin i’m using my child tax credit to help pay for daycare while I work full-time as a teacher. I’ve… https://t.co/65u7H7XzjP

@jules1327 @Vic_Resist It takes a village! Thank you!

We need to #AbolishTheFilibuster. It's an outdated rule created to prevent racial justice legislation from passing and it is currently making any progress in the Senate impossible. It must go. #Battino4WISenate #BrighterTomorrow2022

Without voting rights and a commitment to protecting our democracy, all other rights and policies are at stake. Fighting voter suppression is essential to defending our democracy. Let’s make voter registration automatic and fight all other barriers to the vote. #Battino4WISenate

@nudog71 A heart.

RT @DuckyJan1: @POTUS Biden could help millions of Americans with student debt by freezing the debt and canceling all or part of student de… QT @DuckyJan1: Not getting the Build Back Better plans through congress is affecting Biden and the democratic party negatively. Th… https://t.co/ci8c82WYxG)