The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

“‘A democracy, if you can keep it,’ said Ben Franklin.” —Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joining Joe Biden’s weekend “democracy” rhetoric (Franklin actually declared, “A REPUBLIC, if you can keep it.”)

Braying Jennies

“There has been a lot of pessimism about the economy that’s really proven unwarranted.” —Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

“I’m very excited about the credentials, the legitimacy, the leverage that Joe Biden has given to America’s working families.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Spin Doctor

“The [illegal immigration] numbers are historic. … This is something that is not specific to the United States’s southern border. … We have more extreme weather events that are driving people from their homes.” —DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

Food for Thought

“Why are brown and black people streaming into our country by the millions if white supremacy is so rampant, and if our society is so irredeemably racist?” —Douglas Andrews

Observations

“Invariably, advocates of affirmative action try to have it both ways. When arguing for its continuation, they insist condescendingly that the practice is necessary because, without it, minorities will never reach positions of power and influence; and then, once they have got their own way, they deny that anyone identifiable has ever benefited from the preferential treatment that they just contended was imperative.” —Charles C.W. Cooke

“The devotion of our military’s current leadership is to Marxism, the religion of global warming, and DEI. That’s why young people don’t want to serve. To fix the problem, the Armed Forces need to get back to their warfighting roots — and get away from wokeness.” —Brian Mark Weber

For the Record

“The reason there was a January 6 riot in the first place is that Democrats had so tainted the 2020 election that half the country didn’t think it was conducted fairly. It’s not surprising that a couple hundred of them got carried away, resorting to violence. And even for those disgraceful few, Americans are finding more sympathy three years later because of the way J6 defendants have been treated.” —Nate Jackson

Political Futures

“In 2020 … a whopping 66.9% of eligible voters showed up. That last number is a massive outlier. 2020 saw a voter increase of 23 million, to 160 million total voters — as opposed to 137 million in 2016 and 129 million in 2012. That wasn’t because of Trump. It was because of pandemic-era policies that allowed everyone to vote from home months in advance. Do we really think that 2020 turnout number will replicate? If it doesn’t, who will those marginal voters come from: Biden or Trump? This means that Biden is going to have to actually succeed in order to win.” —Ben Shapiro