Deleted Tweets From Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii

New research ships means that @NOAA can continue to protect our oceans and Hawai‘i’s natural resources — including Papahanaumokuakea. https://t.co/Xs7fqwyHnb

“Fighting the corruption of the DOJ is just as bad as corruption at DOJ.” Pundit achievement unlocked. QT @blakehounshell: I don't see how it's any more appropriate for the Senate minority leader to be weighing in on individual sentencing… https://t.co/hraZijULS6)

RT @ParkerMolloy: Caucuses are bad, people

I don’t know any people, left or right, who take the position that they will only vote against trump if their particular candidate is the nominee, who aren’t Caucasian. Makes you think.

On my way home ask me anything.

RT @HI_CNCS: •#Hawaii is No. 8 on the @AmeriCorps Top 10 #AmeriStates! See the list at https://t.co/PzuzIKDiAt https://t.co/2V1Z4HHLVA

I’m not necessarily trying to save the Iowa caucus (I seriously think it should be moved to hawaii) or anything but the reason that the conventional wisdom is congealing against it is that a bunch of pundits want to go to sleep.

@JasonKander you up?

This is super entertaining

@chelseaperetti Would be an honor tbh

@Eugene_Scott So moved.

RT @marceelias: This is the Republican plan to win the recount: "Palm Beach County GOP Chairman Michael Barnett told CNN that the c… https://t.co/Y2IGzBfqGz

Please recant your direct quote. QT @AlanDersh: But a lawful act— holding up funds, sending troops to vote, braking a promise about Syria—does not become unlawful… https://t.co/gX62OOvIk3)

“Assume Putin decides to retake Alaska, the way he retook Crimea, Assume further that a president allows him to do it, because he believed that Russia has a legitimate claim to ‘its’ original territory. but would it be impeachable? Not under the text of the Constitution.” -Dersh

*he actually said this.

This makes me visibly upset. QT @kathrynw5: Trump on Republican senators at USMCA signing: Maybe I'm just being nice to them because I want their vote.)

Hey check out this tweet I sent three days ago. QT @brianschatz: It’s about to be a dark carnival of distractions, accusations, misdirections, outright lies, and fake outrages. Wor… https://t.co/h40XHIXctX)

RT @NBCNews: "Let me repeat: nothing in the Bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an… https://t.co/ZTUkaU7Zl5

RT @jbarro: This from @brianschatz is a good approach to coverage expansion, though I'd not raise Medicaid payment rates all th… QT @voxdotcom: Exclusive: Sen. Schatz’s new health care idea could be the Democratic Party’s future https://t.co/RAXnOAdVDy)

RT @jbarro: This tax plan is going to blow up in Trump and Ryan's faces because it raises too many people's taxes. https://t.co/VEr04O5GnU

RT @TopherSpiro: As I keep saying, this race is winnable and could flip the Senate. It's an open seat and a Dem Governor just won statewide… QT @brianschatz: Hey ⁦@ChrisMurphyCT⁩ let’s see if we can raise some money for Barbara Bollier, who is a very impressive state Senat… https://t.co/mZV4uqrcV3)

I don’t know how mainland people stay up to watch sports.

Trials have witnesses.

Maybe you could have someone who got Iraq right on the show? QT @brianstelter: Huge show this Sunday: @BariWeiss @DavidFrum @KatieRogers @JRezaian @KimGhattas @JasmineElGamal @PaulRieckhoff… https://t.co/YqjwfJfipQ)

RT @BCAppelbaum: "No sitting senator has ever given birth" is a pretty good one-line explanation for our nation's parental leave and childcare policies.

RT @dylanlscott: Democratic senator wants to allow any American to buy into Medicaid: https://t.co/qVAtjyBMwZ (via @JStein_Vox & @sarahkliff)

RT @dylanlscott: so it is a coordinated strategy to cast doubt on our elections, cool cool cool, no way this will end extremely badly https… QT @KFILE: Per Politico, the White House and RNC are upset that Martha McSally isn't pushing a conspiracy there's something "a… https://t.co/vxkTjOAtjb)

@chrissyteigen That’s absurd

RT @ChrisMurphyCT: Yes. Though frankly it’s just the 77th piece of evidence confirming the same thing: they held the aid to get political h… QT @brianschatz: @ChrisMurphyCT Seems big right?)

RT @jackmjenkins: WHOA: Christianity Today, an evangelical Christian magazine, just called for Trump's removal from office: https://t.co/ar9dvjOroA

Hey don’t just quote the most digestible sound bites from the competently insane letter the President wrote. The main thing is that the President wrote a completely insane letter to the Speaker, and that he’s clearly not doing ok.

“We have nothing to hide (except all of the witnesses with first hand knowledge.” - Senate Republicans, I guess.

If you tweet mentions Hillary Clinton in 2019 you need new material.

A process point that the public may not understand yet is that in a 53-47 Senate, all procedural questions on the trial can be handled in a reasonable and fair manner if AMD only if four Republicans will step up.

RT @kellymagsamen: If GOP Members of Congress want to genuinely express concern about direction of Trump’s foreign policy, they should hold hearings EVERY day.

RT @mattyglesias: Current cost-sharing in the United States is so incredibly high that it’s really easy to offer everyone a better de… https://t.co/W0vH79RMFv

RT @mattyglesias: Everyone is probably too dug in to change at this point, but I think you could make the M4A math a lot more favorab… https://t.co/5vLviQC8MW

RT @mattyglesias: You wouldn't want any high-profile congressional hearings on Trump stealing money from the public, because it would distr… QT @Fahrenthold: NEW: The Secret Service spent $250K at @realdonaldtrump's properties in his first 5 months in office -- paying POTU… https://t.co/A3mOUiGclG)

The official Republican position is officially that he did it and it’s ok. So, pick a side.

RT @JStein_WaPo: "Between 2007 and 2016, the average wealth of the top one percent increased by $4.9 million at the same time as the… https://t.co/sQwgCwbGbG