Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

“The Super Bowl is the most unifying event in America. … For this joy to be turned to tragedy [yesterday] in Kansas City cuts deep in the American soul. [Yesterday’s] events should move us, shock us, shame us into acting. What are we waiting for? What else do we need to see? How many more families need to be torn apart? … We know what we have to do, we just need the courage to do it.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lies

“History will not look kindly on House Republicans for their blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games. … [DHS Security Alejandro Mayorkas] has upheld the rule of law faithfully and has demonstrated a deep commitment to the values that make our nation great.” —Joe Biden

“This sham impeachment effort is another embarrassment for House Republicans. … House Republicans failed to produce any evidence that Secretary Mayorkas has committed any crime. House Republicans failed to show he has violated the Constitution. House Republicans failed to present any evidence of anything resembling an impeachable offense. This is a new low for House Republicans.” —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

“We did a foolish thing, and that is to pass an impeachment of a very qualified and effective secretary of homeland security.” —Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)

“We will continue pursuing real solutions to the challenges Americans face, and House Republicans have to decide whether to join us to solve the problem or keep playing politics with the border.” —Joe Biden

“Congress needs to act to give me, Secretary Mayorkas, and my administration the tools and resources needed to address the situation at the border.” —Joe Biden

“[The] situation at the border … can only be addressed by legislation, not by executive action.” —Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY)

For the Record

“The Constitution doesn’t give the president power to forgive student loans, mandate vaccines or electric cars, change contracts between landlords and tenants, or a host of other things that Biden and other modern presidents do with their phones and pens. It does task the president to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.’ Yet Biden and Mayorkas have, as a matter of policy, refused to do that with immigration laws.” —Nate Jackson

Theater of the Absurd

“Governor Abbott is an embarrassment and a human trafficker.” —House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

“House Republicans are still at it right now, siding with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Tehran against our defense industrial base, against NATO, against Ukraine, against our interests in the Indo-Pacific.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

“If Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, we do not know if there will be a verifiable next election that has integrity.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

Re: The Left

“If Trump says something outrageous from the podium, the news organizations will drop their bans and play that portion of the speech for the purpose of fact-checking and denouncing it. They then hold panel discussions on how terrible Trump is. If, on the other hand, Trump does not say something sufficiently outrageous — crickets. So the way for Trump to win coverage, indeed, to dominate coverage on the networks that have blacked him out is to say something outrageous enough for them to put him on the air.” —Byron York

“Reporters overwhelmingly lean Democrat. A survey by The American Journalist found that for every Republican in a newsroom, there are 10 Democrats. The reporters claim to be objective. They aren’t.” —John Stossel

Belly Laugh of the Day

“[Biden is] one of the most successful presidents in modern American history.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

And Last…

“A man too incapable of being held accountable for mishandling classified information is certainly unfit for the Oval Office.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)