Ted Lieu

@tedlieu1.5M followers

Husband of Betty, the love of my life. Father of two great kids. USAF veteran. Member of Congress. In that order. Also, empathy is good.

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#	Date	Post	↓ Outlier	Views	Likes	Reposts	Bookmarks
1	Jan 3, '23	About to go to the House Floor.	40.4×	8.5M	114k	9.9k	418
2	Oct 25, '24	The first step towards fascism is when the free press cowers in fear.	12.7×	2.7M	48k	12k	493
3	Jan 23, '20	CAN WE PLEASE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. SOLICITING A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO HELP YOUR RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS A CRIME. IT IS ILLEGAL. PRISON IS ONE OF THE PUNISHMENTS.	4.6×	0	163k	35k	303
4	Jun 21, '20	Today I released my first campaign ad. It was produced by my kids. Let me know if you like it.	4.2×	0	163k	25k	676
5	Jan 17, '20	Attached is the first page of a five page letter in which the lawyer for @DevinNunes threatens that Rep Nunes will sue me. Attached is my response.	4.1×	0	144k	28k	874
6	Nov 10, '18	Dear @realDonaldTrump: What is wrong with you? Disaster victims deserve help & sympathy. Oh, and guess who owns much of the forest land in CA? Your federal agencies. CA only ow	3.2×	0	108k	36k	203
7	Jan 7, '21	Let me be very clear: if all we do is accept the certified Electoral College results and go home, we would have failed our country. We must impeach Trump, or have the 25th Amendmen	2.9×	0	116k	22k	270
8	Sep 30, '17	Dear @realDonaldTrump: The below picture is what leadership looks like. Can you tweet out a picture of you at your private golf club today?	2.7×	0	86k	34k	4
9	Aug 25, '24	My wife Betty is the love of my life. Today is our wedding anniversary. I am the luckiest man alive!	2.6×	547k	47k	3k	78
10	Jun 27, '18	My statement on the retirement of Justice Kennedy. “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not	2.3×	0	78k	23k	45
11	Nov 11, '17	I have seen the classified information on Russian hacking. @realDonaldTrump has received classified briefings. I can tell you that @POTUS is LYING. Trump knows the Kremlin hacked A	2.1×	0	59k	28k	2
12	Jun 19, '18	Dear @realDonaldTrump: Like your grandfather, my parents infested America. As their son with yellow skin, I now get to vote against your harmful policies. And after you leave due t	2.0×	0	73k	19k	63
13	Sep 27, '18	If Brett Kavanaugh can be this angry on national TV, imagine what he's like when he gets inebriated. #KavanaughHearings	2.0×	0	60k	16k	52
14	Aug 13, '17	Hey look, a senior White House official is afraid of tweets from a Congressman. Ivanka blocked me. Also, why is she in the White House?	1.9×	0	60k	20k	2
15	Aug 9, '19	Dear @Walmart, remember how: Mario Kart caused people to drive faster? Pac-Man caused folks to eat more? Fortnite radicalized a white supremacist to shoot Hispanics at your store?	1.9×	0	74k	16k	160
16	Jun 24, '18	Last night at a restaurant in Torrance, CA strangers thanked me for telling the truth. I politely said thank you. Their actions say far more about our nation than about me. This al	1.9×	0	72k	15k	34
17	Jan 29, '19	Getting a snack.	1.8×	0	71k	12k	115
18	Jan 8, '21	I just want to note that in America, you don’t get to have one free coup attempt. That’s why we are readying Articles of Impeachment for introduction this Monday.	1.8×	0	75k	10k	159
19	Apr 10, '20	I served on active duty in the United States military to defend your right to say stupid, racist shit about me.	1.8×	0	76k	10k	129
20	Jan 16, '20	Amazing Lev Parnas interview on #Maddow. Also, I’m disclosing that the lawyer for @DevinNunes wrote a letter saying Rep Nunes will sue me if I didn’t apologize for saying last mont	1.8×	0	65k	16k	152
21	Jan 29, '18	As a Member of the House Judiciary Committee, I read the partisan, classified Nunes House Intel memo. I can't talk about it. However, here's an analogy. Remember Geraldo Rivera and	1.7×	0	53k	21k	3
22	Jul 8, '17	Based on Ivanka Trump example, I'm going to ask Speaker Ryan if my son can sit in for me at the next House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing	1.7×	0	52k	21k	5
23	Jul 1, '18	Dear @realDonaldTrump: The "dumbest" law you refer to is called the United States Constitution. Specifically the 14th Amendment which provides due process to all persons, not just	1.7×	0	55k	19k	65
24	Nov 9, '21	This is sick behavior from Rep. Paul Gosar. He tweeted out the video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez from both his official account and personal account. In any workplace in	1.7×	0	59k	12k	487
25	Jul 9, '18	My experience at restaurants: I ordered take out at a Greek restaurant. When I arrived, the owner saw me & threw in a free baklava (one of my favorite desserts). He said he app	1.6×	0	67k	12k	26
26	Nov 16, '19	Dear #BillBarr of @TheJusticeDept: After @realDonaldTrump was inaugurated, Senate controlled by REPUBLICANS House controlled by REPUBLICANS SC investigation opened by Rosenstein, a	1.6×	0	52k	18k	222
27	Dec 18, '18	Dear Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson): I'm an immigrant. Irish Spring soap cleans my skin the same way it cleans your skin. My parents were poor. They worked hard and started a succ	1.6×	0	61k	13k	48
28	Mar 11, '21	Dear @RepCawthorn: We don’t want your guns. We just don’t want you to bring them on the House Floor. I have 2 Air Force marksmanship ribbons. You lied about getting into the Naval	1.6×	0	65k	11k	271
29	Jul 14, '19	Had to moderate it for national TV.	1.6×	0	62k	12k	375
30	Mar 4, '17	Mr. President: If there was a wiretap at Trump Tower, that means a fed judge found probable cause of crime which means you are in deep shit.	1.5×	0	40k	22k	0
31	May 26, '18	Dear @realDonaldTrump: Your Administration made the policy change to separate children from their parents. If you don't have the courage to own up to it, then reverse it. Disgracef	1.5×	0	47k	19k	28
32	Nov 19, '17	Dear @realDonaldTrump: As public servants, we help people because it is the right thing to do, not because we want to be praised for it. Also, the US President should never wish fo	1.5×	0	50k	17k	0
33	Sep 22, '19	The @realDonaldTrump Administration brought a machete to a knife fight. We brought the House rules. And we are getting shredded. We need to change the Rules to allow -Contempt on t	1.5×	0	52k	13k	63
34	Mar 11, '21	Today the former President issued a statement filled with lies. And no one cared. Very few people even saw it. Beautiful.	1.5×	0	72k	5.3k	68
35	Mar 25, '18	Dear Rick Santorum: CPR is good for heart stoppage. Not good for victims of multiple AR-15 bullets, which typically impart 3 times the lethal energy upon impact than a 9mm handgun	1.5×	0	47k	16k	53
36	Jan 11, '20	Dear @realDonaldTrump: I served on active duty in the United States military. We are not mercenaries. We are not bargaining chips. We don’t deploy for money. Our troops exist to pr	1.5×	0	48k	15k	171
37	Dec 2, '17	THIS IS OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. @POTUS now admits he KNEW Michael Flynn lied to the FBI. Yet Trump tried to influence or stop the FBI investigation on #Flynn.	1.4×	0	44k	18k	0
38	Jul 16, '19	FYI: If I'm with my wife and someone told her to "go back" to her country, I would take that person down. My wife is the love of my life.	1.4×	0	52k	4.9k	43
39	Aug 21, '18	The guilty plea of @realDonaldTrump attorney Michael Cohen, the conviction of Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, and the indictment of GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter reaffirm three prin	1.4×	0	50k	15k	45
40	Jun 22, '18	2300 kids were ripped away from parents with no real plan to reunite them. I can't play the @ProPublica audio of their cries for help because of "decorum"? F*ck decorum. @realDonal	1.4×	0	45k	15k	91
41	Sep 20, '20	This is the America that I know.	1.4×	0	61k	8.7k	266
42	Jul 25, '20	My wife and I had our two teenage boys watch the amazing speech by @AOC. America is a better place because Representative Ocasio-Cortez chose public service. She has inspired more	1.4×	0	67k	6.9k	108
43	Apr 4, '21	Hey Mike Huckabee, I asked around and Coke likes me, Delta agrees with my values, I wear Nikes and my hometown Dodgers won the World Series. But it’s not because of my ethnicity. I	1.4×	0	57k	10k	172
44	Apr 20, '19	#ResignSarahSanders is trending worldwide ... to the surprise of absolutely no one.	1.4×	0	48k	14k	21
45	Jan 28, '19	I never disclose what happens in internal Steering and Policy Committee discussions. But I make one exception today. We just gave @SpeakerPelosi a standing ovation. Because Nancy P	1.4×	0	56k	9.7k	37
46	Aug 11, '20	Dear @realDonaldTrump: I speak Chinese. I also served on active duty in the United States military—something you were too afraid to do—to defend your right to say stupid shit.	1.3×	0	53k	11k	117
47	Oct 4, '19	Dear @VP Mike Pence: Do you agree with yourself? #FridayMorning Thoughts	1.3×	0	48k	13k	152
48	May 25, '19	I served on active duty in the United States military to defend your right to say stupid, racist shit.	1.3×	0	54k	9.1k	54
49	Sep 27, '17	THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL. America, we have a problem.	1.3×	0	39k	18k	1
50	Jul 16, '20	THIS STATEMENT IS INSANE.	1.3×	0	50k	12k	94
51	Nov 6, '20	On January 20, Stephen Miller will no longer be in the @WhiteHouse.	1.3×	0	59k	5.2k	43
52	Aug 9, '18	Under our Constitution, the duty of Congress is not to clear the President. The duty of Congress is to be a check and balance on the Executive Branch, and to pursue the facts where	1.3×	0	39k	16k	49
53	Oct 6, '20	Regeneron, an experimental drug which @POTUS took, relied on “human embryonic stem cells.” I support this research. I wonder if @realDonaldTrump and Amy Coney Barrett support this	1.3×	0	40k	15k	465
54	Nov 30, '18	Let me ask White House Senior Advisor @IvankaTrump about Trump Tower Moscow. Oh wait, she blocked me, a Member of Congress, because my questions bother her. Let me correct that. Sh	1.3×	0	47k	11k	52
55	Jul 18, '17	Dear @realDonaldTrump: Your job as President is to help Americans, not intentionally hurt them. I can't believe I had to write that sentence	1.3×	0	37k	17k	0
56	Apr 3, '20	Dear Jared Kushner of the @realDonaldTrump Administration: We are the UNITED STATES of America. The federal stockpile is reserved for all Americans living in our states, not just f	1.3×	0	43k	12k	150
57	Aug 24, '17	Coal. Is. Not. Coming. Back. We honor coal communities by helping them transition to the future, not by lying to them.	1.3×	0	42k	15k	0
58	May 31, '18	Dear @realDonaldTrump: Remember when you went on national TV with Lester Holt & told the American people you fired James Comey because of Russia? There's a tape of it. Remember	1.3×	0	41k	15k	37
59	Oct 10, '19	Dear @realDonaldTrump: You said today you didn't know Parnas & Fruman. -But they were part of your legal team trying to get dirt on your opponent. -They funneled foreign money	1.3×	0	38k	15k	156
60	Jul 26, '19	Analogy: Mueller gives us a slice of bread, puts ham on it, and then another slice of bread. We say that's a ham sandwich. Mueller says I didn't make a determination whether or not	1.3×	0	42k	9.8k	114
61	Jun 18, '18	Dear @SecNielsen: I don't give a shit if you apologize. We just need you to reverse your policy of ripping kids away from parents. Also, how did you go from saying such a policy do	1.2×	0	40k	13k	29
62	Jul 17, '18	Dear @SpeakerRyan: I appreciate your words. But as Speaker, there are actual actions you can take. For example: 1. Subpoena the translator in the private meeting of @realDonaldTrum	1.2×	0	38k	14k	47
63	Nov 3, '17	Dear Twitter employee who shut down Trump's Twitter: You made America feel better for 11 minutes. DM me & I will buy you a Pizza Hut pizza.	1.2×	0	43k	13k	0
64	Jan 8, '20	Three of Iran's top strategic goals were the following: -Get US troops out of Iraq -Get rid of limits on Iran's nuclear program -Get its people to rally behind the Iranian governme	1.2×	0	42k	13k	210
65	Feb 22, '18	How quaint that some folks are more concerned about kids speaking respectfully than the fact that 17 kids were slaughtered with an assault rifle. #StudentsStandUp	1.2×	0	44k	12k	1
66	May 26, '19	Hey @PressSec Sanders, in case you forgot what team you are on, here is a reminder: Chairman Kim: Not American Former Vice President of the United States: American You should never	1.2×	0	40k	12k	52
67	Feb 5, '20	If you actually believe @realDonaldTrump has an “ironclad” commitment to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions, you are stupid. S T U P I D. The Trump Administration is su	1.2×	0	41k	12k	100
68	Dec 12, '17	The President of the United States needs to resign.	1.2×	0	42k	12k	0
69	Feb 5, '18	Dear @realDonaldTrump: I served on active duty in the US military to give people the right to clap when the President speaks, or not to clap; to stand, or to sit; to attend your sp	1.2×	0	39k	13k	2
70	Jan 1, '19	Dear @realDonaldTrump: You didn't serve. For those of us who did, we didn't give a sh*t which politicians our commanders loved. We cared if they could lead & execute the missio	1.2×	0	42k	11k	38
71	Jan 16, '20	#PenceKnew #PompeoKnew #TrumpKnew They all knew. Because they never thought they would get caught.	1.1×	0	39k	12k	153
72	Jan 18, '19	Based on the Buzzfeed report and numerous other articles showing @realDonaldTrump committed Obstruction of Justice and other possible felonies, it is time for the House Judiciary C	1.1×	0	37k	9.3k	37
73	May 2, '19	I'm thinking that after we subpoena chicken Barr and force him to testify in @HouseJudiciary, I'm going to invite @SenKamalaHarris to the hearing and then I'm going to yield my tim	1.1×	0	41k	8.6k	42
74	Nov 3, '19	Dear @realDonaldTrump: Your federal agencies own the majority of the forest land in CA. Our state only owns about 3%. So when you allege a "terrible job" you are actually referring	1.1×	0	39k	12k	89
75	Feb 19, '21	Dear @laurenboebert: FYI, the 19th Amendment rewrote the Constitution to give you the right to vote. That Amendment passed because a lot of Americans across our country worked to r	1.1×	0	47k	7k	119
76	Jun 6, '20	I note that @WhiteHouse Senior Advisor @ivankatrump blocked me because my statements gave her discomfort and uncertainty. Can you ask her to unblock me as part of her personal grow	1.1×	0	42k	7.7k	77
77	May 27, '20	Dear @realDonaldTrump: The First Amendment stops the government—that’s you—from interfering with free speech. That means you can’t stop @Twitter from fact checking your false tweet	1.1×	0	41k	10k	141
78	Jul 15, '18	Dear @realDonaldTrump: Please get the European Union to stop aiming nukes at America. Please get them to stop attacking our elections. Please get them to stop invading other countr	1.1×	0	36k	13k	34
79	Jul 17, '18	I learned a new word today: Quisling.	1.1×	0	37k	12k	56
80	Apr 17, '18	Today I received a candidate questionnaire from @NRA. This is how I answered it.	1.1×	0	42k	8.3k	20
81	Oct 8, '19	Congress can impeach for Obstruction. But that still doesn't allow us to compel witnesses & documents for the trial. We have the power of inherent contempt, which includes fine	1.1×	0	38k	9k	67
82	Jul 14, '19	Hey @realDonaldTrump: What makes America exceptional is we are a nation of immigrants. As an immigrant who served on active duty, I am appalled you are telling us to "go back." I'm	1.1×	0	39k	8.6k	46
83	Jan 21, '21	White supremacy is bad.	1.1×	0	48k	3.7k	29
84	Jan 23, '21	I’m all in for “healing.” But we can’t pretend the violent attack on our Capitol incited by the former President didn’t happen. And we need to ensure future presidents never use vi	1.1×	0	42k	8.4k	105
85	Jul 23, '20	Dear @realDonaldTrump: You said you will be throwing out the first pitch at a Yankees game on August 15. The video below is an example of what you will see prior to your first pitc	1.1×	0	42k	8.4k	92
86	Mar 27, '19	No one ever said, hey let's go hurt Special Olympics. Until the @realDonaldTrump Administration came along.	1.1×	0	37k	11k	39
87	May 24, '19	Dear @realDonaldTrump: Using Twitter to spread this misleadingly edited video of @SpeakerPelosi is WEAK & COWARDLY (but I'm saying this in a calm way). You should woman up &amp	1.1×	0	36k	8.7k	58
88	Oct 31, '17	Dear John Kelly: The United States of America exists because President Lincoln did not compromise.	1.1×	0	37k	11k	0
89	Dec 8, '18	MOST TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL WITCH HUNT IN US HISTORY.	1.0×	0	45k	7.1k	26
90	Aug 9, '18	Dear Laura Ingraham: I served on active duty to defend your right to make racist statements. America is not a race or demographic. It's a beautiful & bold idea, based on life,	1.0×	0	36k	10k	47
91	Oct 12, '19	Dear @benshapiro: I have two marksmanship awards from the military. You know what I do when I really disagree with what politicians mandated? I help register voters. In America, we	1.0×	0	41k	6.4k	119
92	Jan 31, '19	I'm sort of happy that McConnell fears making election day a federal holiday. It's such a frank acknowledgement that the GOP's ideas are not accepted by the majority of American vo	1.0×	0	37k	10k	52
93	Sep 7, '18	Nazis are bad	1.0×	0	43k	6.4k	11
94	Apr 3, '18	Dear @davidhogg111: Those powerful people behind you? They're called the majority of the American people. We have your back.	1.0×	0	39k	9.1k	24
95	Feb 11, '21	We were ready on Tuesday. We were ready yesterday. We are ready today.	1.0×	0	48k	3.5k	23
96	Mar 14, '18	Dear @NRA: This is the future. You are on the losing side of history. #nationalwalkoutday	1.0×	0	37k	9.6k	18
97	Jun 9, '22	Trump lost the popular vote. Trump lost the electoral college. Trump lost the election.	1.0×	0	40k	5.2k	37
98	Jun 14, '20	I feel blessed to have been in Congress when Barack Obama was President. Happy #ObamaDayJune14th.	0.9×	0	41k	6.1k	26
99	Dec 14, '19	Thank you to everyone who wished me a speedy recovery from stent surgery. Grateful to God, and the professionals at OAP & @GWHospital for catching my condition early. Will be g	0.9×	0	41k	3.8k	28
100	Jan 8, '21	@jonfavs Working on it ...	0.7×	0	38k	1.1k	23

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