October 16, 2023

Monday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Samantha Koch, John Kirby, Paul Krugman, and more.

For the Record

“Among the many false ideas surrounding the root cause of this [Hamas] attack, one of the most common misconceptions is that this is a war over territory; that the Palestinian people just want the land that they feel the Jewish people never had the right to inhabit in the first place. But this is not a conflict over land. This is an inbred, ongoing war on a religion — and wars on religion do not stay within a set of borders, and they do not respect specific geographical areas.” —Samantha Koch

Stranger Than Fiction

“I look at this from a legal perspective and I think we all know that Hamas has been designated a terror organization just like many other terror organizations, like the Proud Boys here in the United States.” —"The View’s" Sunny Hostin

Grand Delusions

“Did [Iran] have foreknowledge? Did they help plan the [Israel] attack? There’s no evidence of that at this point.” —Joe Biden

“We haven’t seen direct evidence that Iran participated in or helped plan the attack.” —Secretary of State Antony Blinken

“We just haven’t seen any specific, tangible intelligence that leads us to the conclusion that the regime in Tehran was … [a] participant in these specific attacks.” —National Security Council spokesman John Kirby

“If people are looking for us to say, ‘Well, you gotta hold Iran accountable,’ I mean, my goodness … take a look at what we’ve done in just two and a half years.” —John Kirby

The BIG Lies

“The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost.” —New York Times columnist Paul Krugman

“Inflation is coming down. It’s down 60% since last summer. Core inflation is the lowest level in two years.” —Joe Biden

“I reduced the budget by $1.7 billion [sic], okay? I reduced the debt while doing it.” —Joe Biden

Hot Air

“I came to office determined to get this country up again so we could face the existential threat of climate and still grow.” —Joe Biden

“[Climate change is] the only existential threat to humanity.” —Joe Biden

Non Compos Mentis

“Who in God’s name needs a weapon with a hundred rounds in their chamber?” —Joe Biden

“We made human rights for LGBT around the world a top priority of my foreign policy.” —Joe Biden

Dumb & Dumber

“I think about the young [Florida] teachers who are in their twenties who, if they are in a same-sex relationship, are afraid to put up a photograph of themselves and their partner for fear they may lose their job.” —Kamala Harris

“There are some forces in our country that are trying to say that it is a bad term to talk about DEI. They’re trying to do with DEI what they did with woke. … They’re trying to suggest that it is somehow wrong to talk about DEI — diversity, equity, and inclusion.” —Kamala Harris

Political Futures

“Watching House Republicans it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that, as a whole, they don’t really want to run the House. They prefer being the opposition. Voters gave them the majority, and they’ve been uncomfortable ever since. Working to regain the minority in 2024.” —Byron York

And Last…

“There are men’s sports for men, there’s women’s sports for women. It should just stay like that. It’s just as simple as that, man. There’s really no argument. There should really be no conversation about it.” —former NFLer Rob Gronkowski

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