Deleted Tweets From Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii

I know D slogans are sometimes sub-optimal but "tax reform is about unrigging the economy" is quite an untrue mouth… https://t.co/MumDKGc8Tm QT @morningmoneyben: Trump tomorrow will begin trying to sell tax cuts as a populist effort to "unrig" the economy. Me and @tarapalmeri… https://t.co/y7PjdfFIj3)

RT @mad_cotten: Hold on Texas, the Cajun navy is on their way. #CajunNavy Photo cred:Aimee https://t.co/fDjaVqXQyg

The Senate has a chance to repudiate racism by not confirming a birther to be Chief Scientist for the EPA. This is actually happening.

RT @AnandWrites: Whether you are down with, or not down with, a foreign power manhandling your democracy is the new dividing line of patriotism. Take sides.

That seems super normal. https://t.co/lA7tpCqZIs QT @hardball: JUST IN: Trump sent private messages to Mueller. Another lawyer says that only pleasantries were exchanged. https://t.co/gdB3vW4YRx)

We are lead in Pacific by a determined, level headed Commander, and a distinguished USFK General. We need their knowledge, experience here.

They may the have the power to hide or undermine this report. But if they try, I would like to make sure everyone k… https://t.co/LYC57uUNBI QT @washingtonpost: A new federal climate report counters the Trump administration’s views. How will the White House handle it? https://t.co/HvUkw9ifq0)

Eyes on the ball. https://t.co/K3btZ3WaJr QT @Taniel: I believe in using primaries to fight, debate, & disagree. But this 2020 focus *3* yrs early obscures 2018 work, which features primaries.)

I am alarmed at leaks of conversations between two heads of state. It doesn't make what I think of this President, this is terrible.

Nominee for Chief Scientist of Agriculture Dept. is not a scientist. He's a bit outside the mainstream. More later. https://t.co/55k9xqRZsV

It is very uncool to get in someone's face like that when you are a politically powerful and you have a security de… https://t.co/HpB7XuGjRK QT @BennyHutch: At #Cubs #Brewers game. #ChrisChristie was getting razzed by fans, so he got in the face of one of them. 5:30 on… https://t.co/8v62mYYOrD)

RT @costareports: A McConnell ally pings me and says the Maj. Leader *can't stand* this kind of process advice from down the street. https:… QT @realDonaldTrump: The very outdated filibuster rule must go. Budget reconciliation is killing R's in Senate. Mitch M, go to 51 Votes NOW and WIN. IT'S TIME!)

RT @IsaacDovere: what % of 100 senators & 435 House members could give a detailed explanation of what Obamacare is & what their proposal to do next would be?

These are a bunch of really dumb decisions, consecutively.

In politics, your word is everything. Relationships are everything. He doesn't get that. Don't do this for him. https://t.co/FViZFTyZn9 QT @ReaganBattalion: No one worked harder to get Trump elected than Jeff Sessions. Republicans: Don't stick your neck out for Trump, e… https://t.co/cpYysQRmfu)

Sounds like a hearing, but in secret, with no experts and no Democrats. https://t.co/n5TiRzxDTD QT @burgessev: Senators planned to huddle w Reince + staff on healthcare. Then decided to keep it sens only https://t.co/GSEeHxbKGS @seungminkim @jenhab)

HEARINGS!! https://t.co/ZT7SGiXNHS QT @frankthorp: Republicans on the Senate HELP Cmte say they will hold hearings on health care "after the Senate votes on the healt… https://t.co/AArEEogkKO)

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Crafting a bill this universally reviled is it's own kind of historic achievement. They couldn't have angered more people if they tried.

RT @FemaleTexts: Me everytime i hear Despacito https://t.co/PTebvrH7PM

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. https://t.co/YBVyAh93s5 QT @EWErickson: If This Former Soviet Spy Met With Donald Trump, Jr., It Probably Was a Set Up by Democrats https://t.co/T32dAheYGS)

RT @ASlavitt: ALERT: Cruz Amendment good enough for us, but not good enough for US Senators. They are exempt. https://t.co/GOgY2tXiz1 via @voxdotcom

The FCC is trying to take away net neutrality. Help us stop themhttps://youtu.be/trj_WFxcPe8.

Cool. Got it. Thanks. https://t.co/cLBHRZJeDD QT @realDonaldTrump: The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't-but a ceasefire can,& did!)

Airplane!, Untouchables, Guardians of the Galaxy. https://t.co/QgM7VUrQjD QT @ChrisMurphyCT: This list is an outrage bc a) The Notebook is on it; b) Anchorman, Dazed and Confused, A Few Good Men, Fletch, and… https://t.co/ANaL0oNz5I)

There is apparently nothing this person can say to disqualify him from being a famous TV analyst. https://t.co/67lgmW8Y0B QT @realJeffreyLord: What concerns is that many in media stir hate against POTUS and GOP. What results is Scalise. It needs to stop.)

"I cut funding for nursing homes and opioids for retroactive a capital gains tax cut" is not an excellent campaign slogan anywhere.

This is pretty nuts. https://t.co/kP0fsZtUIL QT @hughhewitt: No "originalist" can vote against @SenateGOP health care bill. Defeat means loss of #SCOTUS confirming majorities: https://t.co/h2taPSfD4b)

Not a rhetorical question. I don't get how conservatives vote for this. What do they even say? https://t.co/F3Pqes7eXH QT @brianschatz: Is there a conservative who can explain why it is consistent with freedom and liberty to prohibit someone by law fr… https://t.co/hg4fW6geuo)

Please RT. https://t.co/PCEfth8bFH QT @jonathanchait: Republican aide: "Moderates always cave." The quote that explains everything. https://t.co/loPGZIlJiH https://t.co/4GjdVPAh7z)

BROKEN PROMISES. That has a ring to it. https://t.co/3XgiuE7HIY QT @daveweigel: You, dumb: Maybe Dems can run on Trump's broken promises. Me, smart: They should talk about Russia. https://t.co/Jo8JqonEQt)

I think we would be in a position to pass a Special Counsel law with a veto proof majority if he goes through with… https://t.co/MhQyNTNtKA QT @TimOBrien: The kind of thing Trump says when he's thinking of firing someone: https://t.co/FRs2xbKFNO)

Paul Ryan's dreams come true in this bill.

Cutting Medicaid for a tax cut does nothing to reduce costs and increase access.

RT @chrislhayes: We try every single day to get Senate Republicans to simply come on and explain the bill and defend it. Zero takers. Every day.

The GOP planning to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, and cut coverage for disabled kids, mental health, and opioids. Populism.

Tom Price couldn't tell me if a woman should involved in the secret healthcare meetings. https://t.co/GubdHvV0ll

It is not impossible to run the Department of Justice if you cannot speak in public to appropriators about the budg… https://t.co/iegiQeRXp1 QT @matthewamiller: Remember fondly all the times House & Senate Approps let @EricHolder out of testifying b/c there were hard q's. Oh wait, that never happened)

AG Sessions has a duty to the public to testify not just to Intel or Judiciary, but Approps. If he will not, DOJ needs someone who will.

This, combined with chatter I hear in Senate, strikes me as a big deal. 3.5 years covering for this President may j… https://t.co/eM5ce21fbu QT @JamesFallows: Another leftie piling on Trump rather than giving him a chance. https://t.co/CruXzyt7JN (It’s Karl Rove) https://t.co/KmyfkEud9E)

Let's kick butt tomorrow. ✊�

I am not a lawyer so I don't know exactly what the legal implications may be. But morally this is repugnant. And ci… https://t.co/ZEYJaGAXQ8 QT @jdawsey1: Trump told Russians that firing "nut job" Comey took pressure off of him and the Russia investigation! https://t.co/3zaaryY7DQ)

And we will pay for it by literally taxing everything you buy at the grocery store, the hardware store, Wall Mart,… https://t.co/Tor8H18tXa QT @HouseGOP: What does real #taxreform look like? Lower rates, simpler tax code, and a service oriented IRS. https://t.co/SF3kAhgCn4)

Today is the day for courage. https://t.co/JmkPUyUOxv

This is something that can be done to express your outrage. Please RT. https://t.co/okRrPC0laR QT @flippable_org: These are the 17 state House districts we'll need to win from the GOP to #flipVABlue. There are many ways to help: https://t.co/4u70nFle7x)

I believe that Chuck Todd is fantastic and he's deeply wrong about this. https://t.co/tBbdZwTvKf QT @chucktodd: It's a reminder, POTUS has brought more style changes to the presidency (think rhetoric and norm breaking) than he has in actual substance)

� https://t.co/UFDGCnqrpw QT @mkraju: Trump on @SIRIUSXM: "People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?")

Trying not to be outraged constantly. But this is nuts. https://t.co/tB1hkn9C1F QT @FoxNews: .@POTUS on getting things done in government: "It's a very rough system. It's an archaic system...It's really a bad… https://t.co/dXKR86n06R)

I didn't vote for him. It was not a close call. https://t.co/LXmvdq6n2V QT @politico: Sessions: Erroneous tax credits to ‘mostly Mexicans’ could pay for wall https://t.co/6ue4ZnfQDP https://t.co/fljdMaGoo7)

It is terrifying that he is not studying foreign policy at all times. https://t.co/Va6IM9xUgX QT @realDonaldTrump: Despite major outside money, FAKE media support and eleven Republican candidates, BIG "R" win with runoff in Georgia. Glad to be of help!)

The GOP planning to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, and cut coverage for disabled kids, mental health, and opioids. Populism.

Tom Price couldn't tell me if a woman should involved in the secret healthcare meetings. https://t.co/GubdHvV0ll

It is not impossible to run the Department of Justice if you cannot speak in public to appropriators about the budg… https://t.co/iegiQeRXp1 QT @matthewamiller: Remember fondly all the times House & Senate Approps let @EricHolder out of testifying b/c there were hard q's. Oh wait, that never happened)

AG Sessions has a duty to the public to testify not just to Intel or Judiciary, but Approps. If he will not, DOJ needs someone who will.

This, combined with chatter I hear in Senate, strikes me as a big deal. 3.5 years covering for this President may j… https://t.co/eM5ce21fbu QT @JamesFallows: Another leftie piling on Trump rather than giving him a chance. https://t.co/CruXzyt7JN (It’s Karl Rove) https://t.co/KmyfkEud9E)

Let's kick butt tomorrow. ✊�

I am not a lawyer so I don't know exactly what the legal implications may be. But morally this is repugnant. And ci… https://t.co/ZEYJaGAXQ8 QT @jdawsey1: Trump told Russians that firing "nut job" Comey took pressure off of him and the Russia investigation! https://t.co/3zaaryY7DQ)

And we will pay for it by literally taxing everything you buy at the grocery store, the hardware store, Wall Mart,… https://t.co/Tor8H18tXa QT @HouseGOP: What does real #taxreform look like? Lower rates, simpler tax code, and a service oriented IRS. https://t.co/SF3kAhgCn4)

Today is the day for courage. https://t.co/JmkPUyUOxv

This is something that can be done to express your outrage. Please RT. https://t.co/okRrPC0laR QT @flippable_org: These are the 17 state House districts we'll need to win from the GOP to #flipVABlue. There are many ways to help: https://t.co/4u70nFle7x)

I believe that Chuck Todd is fantastic and he's deeply wrong about this. https://t.co/tBbdZwTvKf QT @chucktodd: It's a reminder, POTUS has brought more style changes to the presidency (think rhetoric and norm breaking) than he has in actual substance)

� https://t.co/UFDGCnqrpw QT @mkraju: Trump on @SIRIUSXM: "People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?")

Trying not to be outraged constantly. But this is nuts. https://t.co/tB1hkn9C1F QT @FoxNews: .@POTUS on getting things done in government: "It's a very rough system. It's an archaic system...It's really a bad… https://t.co/dXKR86n06R)

I didn't vote for him. It was not a close call. https://t.co/LXmvdq6n2V QT @politico: Sessions: Erroneous tax credits to ‘mostly Mexicans’ could pay for wall https://t.co/6ue4ZnfQDP https://t.co/fljdMaGoo7)

It is terrifying that he is not studying foreign policy at all times. https://t.co/Va6IM9xUgX QT @realDonaldTrump: Despite major outside money, FAKE media support and eleven Republican candidates, BIG "R" win with runoff in Georgia. Glad to be of help!)

RT @neeratanden: Yup! https://t.co/WKRknaScLd QT @NateSilver538: Been offline tonight, but any takeaway other than that #KS04 is *really* worrying for Republicans is overthinking it.)

RT @DecisionDeskHQ: Butler reporting, 54-43 for Estes

My letter to the CEO of @united, with 21 of my Senate colleagues. https://t.co/ke8UYM4UHZ

RT @UBtalkin: "We will always apologize if we have to re-accommodate our paying customers!" #United CEO #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos https://t.co/K15Wj7aryR

2018 folks. Organize, organize, organize. https://t.co/qLS1Ex5nW8 QT @KFILE: Congressman who supported repeal on privacy protections says he's willing to release his browsing history https://t.co/CguvatnERz)

The Republican Party, the Party of Ideas. https://t.co/ZYE3e1YMC7 QT @SteveKingIA: Three more "Dreamers". One more grave. Every day it gets worse. https://t.co/pmthUfTqs5)

What a shallow, soulless, horse race analysis meaning nothing. People's lives and families are on the line. https://t.co/XwpbbFALOR QT @DylanByers: ALLEN: "Trump has maneuvered so that if the bill passes, he gets the credit. If it fails, Ryan gets the blame.” @mikeallen)

Earlier this year we had the highest call volume in Capitol switchboard history. We can win if we are mobilized. We… https://t.co/VvHBTg9pIz QT @AlexNBCNews: The House plans to vote on the healthcare repeal/replace plan on THURSDAY March 23rd -- the 7th anniversary of the signing of the ACA)

Zero. The chances are zero. https://t.co/mLprnIYWGt QT @nielslesniewski: Not really how it works. https://t.co/TtBR65G1x1)

I took a five hour break from Twitter and things got nuts.

I am quite sick of all the winning . https://t.co/BiBTNc9v1D QT @brianbeutler: Who has two thumbs and is tired of all the winning?)

Was there a classified discussion among uncleared individuals? Or was info declassified by POTUS at the moment of open-air briefing?

This should be all anyone talks about until it is resolved. https://t.co/8fZFwpHuyx QT @jaketapper: Trump yesterday: "I don't know about that. I haven't seen it. What report is that?...I haven't seen that. I'll look… https://t.co/3Z4D8hfGVs)

Right now, Voting NO on going to Executive Session for nomination Price, Mnuchin and Sessions. No on Devos tomorrow morning.

Everyone who is being detained is so relieved to hear your expert analysis. https://t.co/42r9sMTsmW QT @gedamore: @webmink @elonmusk Not a trump lover by any means, but after reading the language of the order, it looks far less bad than portrayed by left)

GOP to cut Medicaid and cut taxes for super rich. Not campaign talk; they are moving to to do it, and fast. Sound the alarm.

RT @KHONnews: President Obama and daughters eat at Side Street Inn, venture into Waikiki https://t.co/BJSKBlHdB7 #808news https://t.co/sdIMK2U28o

RT @ConStelz: Read THIS. ALL OF IT. You may want to break out a whisky, though https://t.co/ctZRwAvegV QT @ericgarland: <THREAD> I’m now hearing this meme that says Obama, Clinton, et al. are doing nothing, just gave up. Guys. It’s time for some game theory.)

It will all take unified Democrats to save the country, but I'm confident about that when it counts m.

Yanking health insurance from tens of millions of people is not populist, it's not popular, and it will cause a bipartisan revolt.

Congress must not touch Medicare, Social Security, or ACA. It's a matter of life and death, literally, for many.

Pence: "greenhouse gases..are real but mostly the result of volcanoes, hurricanes, and underwater geological displacements."

Since you will not be called upon, who else will ask this question? Cc:@CNNPolitics @FoxNews @nytimes @politico https://t.co/r88NDFf26C QT @Fahrenthold: If I get a Q, I'll ask @realDonaldTrump for proof he gave 10s of millions to charity. I've tried to prove it myself https://t.co/ygoZFqaqzm)

As a person who used to run a nonprofit organization, I think this stinks. https://t.co/SmTYAhxRsf QT @BuzzFeedAndrew: How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other people’s money https://t.co/rxtUCNDzlR)

This is a total pivot. I see it now. https://t.co/RJq9DnBjnl QT @MSNBC: Latinos for Trump founder: "If you don't do something about it, you're going to have taco trucks every corner." https://t.co/hvZzw3rfdO)

RT @pourmecoffee: Donald Trump is not going to pivot and Dwight Howard is not going to win you a championship. Just stop it.

@realDonaldTrump wants to ban immigration from Philippines. This is racist. Filipino Americans help make America great! Sad!

RT @MSNBC: Watch: #KhizrKhan asks Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan to repudiate Trump. Tune in to @TheLastWord for the interview https://t.co/rtp6TJOySL

RT @mls1776: @mkraju did anyone laugh?

+a lot. https://t.co/thJDxTyY71 QT @OwensDamien: I hear you, Sanders supporters who plan to vote Trump. One time I asked for Coke but they only had Pepsi, so I set fire to my head.)

@CoryBooker just tore the roof of the Mansfield Room in the Senate. Outrage over inaction on ZIKA and guns before vacay. #DoYourJob

Thanks to @ChrisMurphyCT and @CoryBooker for taking a stand on gun violence. Here's a clip of my remarks.

RT @carlquintanilla: Trump, right now. https://t.co/KVcUfZGI1g

RT @HawaiiMBB: Several Hawaiian flags in the #HawaiiMBB cheering section. 'Bows lead 27-20. #MarchMadness https://t.co/5TYpkdg5Ky

Questions for the #FOXDebate: What does the constitution say about SCOTUS vacancies? #DoYourJob