Deleted Tweets From Ted Lieu, D-Calif.
Ted Lieu's accounts: tedlieu, RepTedLieu
Tracking Since: June 11, 2014
This is either another colossal screw up by the @realDonaldTrump Administration, or something nefarious happened. @HouseJudiciary Committee has oversight over the Fed Bureau of Prisons. Let's see if @TheJusticeDept will block witnesses from testifying about the death of Epstein. QT @harrylitman: Ok sports fans, Epstein's suicide is more than mysterious; it is unfathomable. My latest op-ed for @PostOpinions https://t.co/aJxtDl1HpB)
Is this when @realDonaldTrump became our President? Or was it when he kowtowed to Putin in Helsinki? Or was it when he said there are fine people on both sides? Or was it when he obstructed justice multiple times? Or was it when he separated infants from parents? Or was it w QT @ianbremmer: President Trump in Tokyo: “Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden.”)
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me" Matthew 25:35 (ESV). #WednesdayWisdom QT @HuffPost: A new bill from Sen. Lindsey Graham would traumatize undocumented children by detaining them for up to 100 days and… https://t.co/qboqNapjUA)
Having worked on this issue for several years, I'm going to say this again: STOP USING ROUNDUP BY MONTANO. QT @Evan_Rosenfeld: NEW: A jury ruled against chemical giant Monsanto on Monday, awarding a California couple $2 billion in damages aft… https://t.co/FdZeQRuMSd)
Dear @TheJusticeDept @Kerri_Kupec: You seem to be lying. Why? Because the Mueller letter, according to the @washingtonpost, specifically criticizes Barr's March 24 letter. Release the Mueller letter. Release the unredacted Mueller report. So the people can decide for ourselves. QT @Yamiche: Department of Justice Spokesperson Kerri Kupec’s lengthy response to Mueller letter news. https://t.co/z3VKt52knd)
At our younger son's school open house. The students are learning algebra by using Barbie dolls and rubber bands and making calculations of Barbie bungee jumps. https://t.co/8Ep7WFd1i7
The blue wave continues! Congratulations to @PamForPA for flipping #sd37, a Pennsylvania state Senate seat largely controlled by @GOP for the last 50 years. Go ahead @realDonaldTrump, keep trying to take away preexisting conditions coverage and Democrats will keep winning. QT @joncoopertweets: BREAKING: In a huge victory, Democrat @PamforPA has flipped a key state Senate seat in the special election in… https://t.co/OAr3dupX4X)
RT @davidsirota: Democrats led by Rep. @TedLieu are pushing a new bill to restrict Trump's power to launch nuclear weapons https://t.co/8n3D8dw1KI
RT @SRT4Assembly: Supporting @tedlieu reelection with the #westla #democratic club https://t.co/QTCOFSEGMk
Dear @NRA: Happy #PresidentsDay from @RepKathleenRice and me. https://t.co/fTVZRrLpJ7
Dear Alan Dershowitz: The 25th Amendment is the law. @VP and a majority of the Cabinet can invoke this Amendment. You cay disagree with their use of it should they invoke it, but you cannot say it would be unconstitutional. You should read the Constitution again @AlanDersh. QT @realDonaldTrump: “Trying to use the 25th Amendment to try and circumvent the Election is a despicable act of unconstitutional power… https://t.co/yaOJ2xZj7k)
Proposed national emergency declaration by @POTUS is not only unconstitutional, it would take money designated to help military families & disaster victims and redirect the funds for a wasteful, easily-defeated wall. Not the stupidest idea I have ever seen, but it comes close. QT @votevets: PER @ABC To build his wall, via an unconstitutional grab of Congressional powers, Donald Trump will announce tomor… https://t.co/qk6rfZeaBb)
After spending 60% of his time in Executive Time, this recycled threat is all @POTUS could come up with? @realDonaldTrump & GOP tried the big scary caravan argument last Nov & got crushed. The caravans present themselves at legal checkpoints. The American people are not stupid. QT @realDonaldTrump: With Caravans marching through Mexico and toward our Country, Republicans must be prepared to do whatever is necess… https://t.co/slwIl9FzcC)
Dear @realDonaldTrump: This article highlights your willful ignorance during intelligence briefings. https://t.co/8VNNWw5Gll The world can be complicated, so I'm sending again this one-page memo with lots of visuals that can help you make sense of it all. #SaturdayMotivation QT @RepTedLieu: Dear @POTUS: Many people say you get your facts from fictional sources. We are concerned you may not understand the… https://t.co/RcOmIStnFr)
RT @mcevasco: Congressman @tedlieu and @SenMarkey reintroduce their bipartisan bicameral bill to require Congress to approve a… https://t.co/0LVIGZD0Sp
My weekly recommendations for Freshman Members of Congress to follow. The below all served in the Executive Branch: @AndyKimNJ, National Security Council Official @SpanbergerVA07, CIA Operations Officer @RepSlotkin, Asst Secretary of Defense @Malinowski, Asst Secretary of State
The only new fact that we learned today from the #TrumpAddress, in which @POTUS made recycled talking points, is that he is no longer making the denunked terrorism argument. Also, @realDonaldTrump is in trouble when even Fox News is now fact checking him. QT @thedailybeast: Fox News' Shep Smith fact-checks the #TrumpAddress: “Statistics show that there is less violent crime by the undocu… https://t.co/xfCw4FILrd)
Dear @PressSec Sarah Sanders: -US taxpayers, not Mexico, fund federal agencies. -The Executive Branch executes the law. Congress appropriates funds & write the laws. @realDonaldTrump cannot use other funds to build a wall that Congress specifically did not appropriate. Get it? QT @MrTommyCampbell: Sarah Sanders ”We’re not asking American taxpayers to fund the wall, we’re asking various agencies to see if they h… https://t.co/KBJbVvfHJl)
"Jakelin Caal Maquin jumped up and down when her father told her they're leaving their impoverished Guatemalan village for the United States. When the rest of her family sent them off, nobody imagined the 7-year-old girl would not come back alive." QT @CNN: "It really hurts": Thousands of miles away, family looks for answers in death of 7-year-old Guatemalan girl in Bord… https://t.co/Dmj8oZlFvD)
Why would prosecutors give immunity to the publisher of National Enquirer, which paid hush money to Karen McDougal to silence her story of her affair w/ @realDonaldTrump? It isn't to go after Michael Cohen, who already got sentenced. It's so they can prosecute other people ... QT @CNBC: Federal prosecutors have given immunity to the publisher of the National Enquirer in connection with the $150,000 h… https://t.co/tEY6htTgMw)
Republicans got crushed in the midterms, losing the popular vote by the largest margin in US history; losing the House by 40 seats; & losing 7 governorships. Women played an outsized role in the #GOP defeat. And what does the GOP do? Refuse to renew the Violence Against Women Act QT @rollcall: Congress will not extend #VAWA as part of two-week stopgap spending bill, which means the landmark domestic violenc… https://t.co/vyd3gJfPQO)
Dear GOP @HouseJudiciary: You had scheduled another ridiculous hearing on regulating the protected free speech of private sector social media companies for this Wed. I request you cancel the stupid hearing in light of the National Day of Mourning & the funeral of President Bush. QT @USATODAY: The funeral for former president George H.W. Bush will be Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral https://t.co/2NBOK6K1OM)
Dear @JapanEmbDC: Please inform PM Abe that his facts are wrong. GOP suffered the worst popular vote loss in a midterm is US history. Dems also took back 7 governorships; flipped PA, WI, MI & AZ; and won the House by 40 seats. If these results are replicated in 2020, Trump loses. QT @jonallendc: PM Shinzo Abe of Japan to Trump just now at G20: "I want to congratulate you on your historic victory in the midter… https://t.co/yHDcRHc2w1)
RT @TizabiShawn: Courage is applauded, thank you @tedlieu for allowing my voice to be heard. #ConstitutionalRights https://t.co/hSmIiPrzrI
RT @RepTedLieu: Joined Reps @JuliaBrownley26 and @BradSherman in urging @POTUS to approve Gov. Brown’s request for an expedited maj… https://t.co/06Z3TS4GLX
RT @ladailynews: #WoolseyFire update: - Wildfire has now burned more than 35,000 acres, 0% contained - Evacuations ordered for Agour… https://t.co/oxKqAGwrNp
The Saudi Arabia story that Khashoggi would get into a fist fight with over a dozen trained Saudi killers is ridiculous on its face. Oh, and there's that whole bone saw thing. QT @washingtonpost: Saudi Arabia fires 5 top officials and has arrested 18 Saudis after saying Khashoggi was killed in a fight at consu… https://t.co/Gmit3bbscv)
I've thought some more about Kavanaugh's testimony. His lies were not little lies. He lied about "Devil's Triangle" and "boofed" because those are sexual terms. He lied about "ralphing" because it was about inebriation. He is accused of drunken sexual assault. QT @NateSilver538: During the Whitehouse questions about the yearbook, he's literally almost sneering with contempt while launching in… https://t.co/mxbTa2Ls8T)
The #KavanaughHearings today is not just a he said, she said. It's a he said, she said, along with a crucial witness at the scene of the sexual assault whom the GOP refuses to question under oath. Why is the GOP hiding Kavanaugh's friend Mark Judge from the American people? QT @TwitterMoments: SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. https://t.co/y72VwzVb7B)
RT @GoodwinMelissa: @tedlieu @funder @realDonaldTrump Thank heavens for you! Every day you make me laugh and I REALLY need to laugh bec… https://t.co/yKFdQXrhEg
RT @StephMillerShow: At 8:05AM PT/ 11:05 ET, California Representative Ted Lieu joins us by phone. https://t.co/UN7BVF0Vmk QT @tedlieu: We know @PressSec makes stuff up. Here are some FACTS: Wages have declined Health care costs have risen Corruption… https://t.co/ZjE0IujaoK)
Will be on @MSNBC this #SundayMorning with @AlexWitt at 10 am ET / 1 pm PT.
Honored to support amazing candidate @DelgadoforNY19 at Janet Salter's home in my district. Janet has done numerous events, including one for me 4 years ago. No candidate for which she has done an event has ever lost. Antonio Delgado is currently 7 points ahead of his opponent. https://t.co/gsQPVn3EJa
Last week we took a family vacation out of the country. In the below picture, I am standing in front of a Gaja warrior. Can you guess where I was? https://t.co/kbuEHvjEMZ
Happy birthday Barack Obama! (The below picture was taken when President Obama visited our office in my first campaign for Congress). #Obamaday https://t.co/IMwEP56dRM
Happy birthday Barack Obama! (The below picture was taken when President Obama visited our office in my first campaign for Congress). #Obamaday https://t.co/j4am70apL2
Happy birthday Barack Obama! (The below picture was taken when President Obama visited our campaign office in my first campaign for Congress). #ObamaDay https://t.co/TadokcOUFA
RT @jbillinson: And @tedlieu has a poster of Scott Pruitt in a phone booth https://t.co/2jGG4J2jdW
Republicans want to impeach AG Rosenstein. BRING IT ON. I can't wait to have another @HouseJudiciary Committee meeting with Rod Rosenstein. He is an excellent witness. Would love for him to keep talking about everything the @FBI & Special Counsel know about Russia. Helps Dems. https://t.co/0lBrjvCo2V QT @JamesAGagliano: As a professed “cautious skeptic” of the Trump-Russia-Collusion special prosecutor investigation, I still find this… https://t.co/OJcuRFl5MB)
Happy #NationalFrenchFryDay! Also, it is probably worth pointing out that Mexico imposed a 20% tariff on French fries as a result of the trade war started by @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/tFsQo7zMcR QT @USATODAY: Fry Day is Friday! Where to score free French fries and deals: https://t.co/A5yt6e5Yk5 #NationalFrenchFryDay https://t.co/MPJ3EjWV7W)
Dear @SecNielsen: When federal courts have to force you to reunite children who were ripped away from their parents, it's time for you to resign. #FridayFeeling https://t.co/LLpcvVXmSn
Dear @SenatorCollins: Remember when Presidents Bush & Obama did mass separations of kids from their parents? Me neither. If you support the @realDonaldTrump policy, then have the courage to defend it. If you don't, then cosponsor the bill to reverse QT @TopherSpiro: Wow. This is the private letter @SenatorCollins is sending to her constituents rationalizing Trump's policy of sepa… https://t.co/esJzOBWnO6)
The @WSJ reports the Trump Administration is assisting UAE in the brazen military offensive on Hodeida in Yemen. Ambassador Satterfield, in response to my question in Committee if the US was supporting the offensive, just said under oath: NO. Hmmm.... h