Useful Idiot

“I’ve worked with many, many, many different terrorist and insurgent groups. Hamas is not a terrorist group for us, of course, as you know. It’s a political movement.” —UN official Martin Griffiths

Hot Air

“We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require safe storage of guns, pass a national red flag law, enact universal background checks, and invest in proven solutions that reduce violence.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Baghdad Bob

“This is a trip that [Biden] has been wanting to make.” —Karine Jean-Pierre regarding East Palestine, Ohio

“[Biden’s] leadership speaks fully and speaks really loudly.” —Karine Jean-Pierre

Grand Delusions

“That was a partisan report, and President Biden has been absolved in any criminal wrongdoing.” —Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) regarding Special Counsel Robert Hur

“I work very closely with President Biden. … He’s at the top of his game.” —Janet Yellen

“President Biden is absolutely fit.” —Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA)

The BIG Lies

“Because of the leadership of President Biden and Vice President Harris we have created 14.8 million jobs throughout the country. Inflation is cooling and wages are rising.” —Congressman Pete Aguilar (D-CA)

“People are better off than they were pre-pandemic.” —Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Village Academies

“There’s not something that we do that’s not part of our equity initiative because education is equity in this country.” —Education Secretary Miguel Cardona

For the Record

“[Biden] is more experienced, more predictable. He’s a politician of the old formation. But we will work with any U.S. leader whom the American people trust.” —Russian President Vladimir Putin

Food for Thought

“With no regard to the danger, this White House has thrown open the [border] gates to a stampede of evildoers. Almost 300 people from our Terror Watch List have already been caught. … If 19 terrorists [from 9/11] can inflict $8 trillion dollars’ worth of damage on this country, imagine what 300 could do.” —Tony Perkins

The Bottom Line

“A rational elite does not want their country to be overrun by people who inevitably will become public charges — people who will ultimately depend upon the government for assistance at every turn, whether it be for food, shelter or other necessities.” —Armstrong Williams

Political Futures

“Nearly every Republican Senator under the age of 55 voted NO on this [$85 billion] America Last [foreign aid] bill. 15 out of 17 elected since 2018 voted NO. Things are changing just not fast enough.” —Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO)

“[Being in Congress] appeals to a certain type of person — one comfortable with being away from family, doing constant television hits, and getting into constant scrums with your mirror image on the other side. This is a House that works for Matt Gaetz and Eric Swalwell — not for the people.” —Ben Domenech

“An ABC News/Ipsos poll … showed that 86% of Americans believe Biden is too old to serve another term as president. To put that in context, by some polling data, only 80% of Americans agree that the earth is round; just 71% agree that NASA landed on the moon. Essentially, only members of Biden’s paid staff and his immediate family believe he is capable of serving another term.” —Ben Shapiro

“All Donald Trump has to do to defeat [Biden] is to shut up. And herein lies the problem. Trump’s tendency to put himself in the headlines overlaps perfectly with the media’s desire to put him front and center in the campaign, rather than Biden’s political and mental incompetence. Trump loves the rallies; he loves the lights. In reality, he’d be best off running Biden’s 2020 basement strategy, allowing Biden himself to be the issue of the election.” —Ben Shapiro