CNN: New Mexico Democratic congressional candidate deletes progressive tweetsOctober 14, 2022Gabe Vasquez is too extreme for New Mexico and is now trying to get rid of the evidence. In Case You Missed It…New Mexico Democratic congressional candidate deletes progressive tweetsCNNAndrew Kaczynski and Em SteckOctober 14, 2022https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/politics/kfile-gabe-vasquez-new-mexico-deleted-progressive-tweets/index.htmlA Democratic House candidate in New Mexico, campaigning as a moderate in a tightly contested race, deleted tweets attacking the oil and gas industry, rationalizing rioting in summer 2020, and comparing the Trump administration to the Ku Klux Klan. “I think the oil and gas industry is incredibly important to New Mexico,” Vasquez told the local Carlsbad Current-Argus in August. In one deleted tweet from December 2020, Vasquez criticized the criminal justice system and used the hashtag “AmeriKKKa,” invoking the Klan. In other deleted tweets from November 2020, Vasquez attacked a commentator who was against student loan forgiveness, writing, “Oh you mean this American economy suddenly isn’t fair for white man?

Source: CNN October 14, 2022 13:01 UTC