The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Race Bait

“I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served with Strom Thurmond. I’ve served with all these guys that have set terrible records on race. But guess what? These guys [today’s Republicans] are worse. These guys do not believe in basic democratic principles.” —Joe Biden (“Joe Biden repeatedly praised Strom Thurmond, called him his ‘closest friend,’ urged him to run for president, and eulogized him at his funeral.” —Sean Davis | “He also spoke at the funeral for Robert Byrd who was a former KKK member.” —Katie Pavlich)

Dumb & Dumber

“Every election, it seems, the Republicans fall in favor with the Russians.” —Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY)

“Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration.” —Politico

Shameless

“Tens of millions of people in debt were literally about to be canceled — their debts. But my MAGA Republican friends in the Congress, elected officials, and special interests stepped in and sued us. And the Supreme Court blocked it. They blocked it. But that didn’t stop me.” —Joe Biden on going on to transfer more than $130 billion in student loans from borrowers to taxpayers

“President @JoeBiden and I canceled nearly $138 billion in student loan debt for almost 3.9 million Americans. Republicans in Congress refuse to work with us to cancel more debt — but we will not be deterred.” —Kamala Harris (“You didn’t cancel any debt. You transferred funding for mostly useless university degrees from the degree holders who accrued it to the general public who didn’t so you could virtue signal about your benevolent theft.” —Jordan B. Peterson)

The BIG Lie

“Going forward, every two months for the next four years, another 75,000 people will become eligible for [student debt] forgiveness. … This is not giving anybody’s money away.” —Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC)

The Lowdown

“If President Biden were to spend even half as much energy trying to secure our southern border as he is spending finding ways to transfer the debts of American college graduates to the taxpayer, the flow of illegal immigrants would by this point have slowed to a trickle.” —National Review

For the Record

“I don’t know the cause of the AT&T outage. But I do know it will be 100 times worse when #China launches a cyber attack on America on the eve of a #Taiwan invasion. And it won’t be just cell service they hit, it will be your power, your water and your bank.” —Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)

“If Vladimir Putin has his enemies murdered, it’s because he knows he can get away with it. The rule of law is supposed to protect us from abuses of power. If we allow it to be eroded, what’s to keep those in power here from reaching the same conclusion?” —Laura Hollis

“Vladimir Lenin once supposedly said, ‘Probe with bayonets. If you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw.’ Putin is probing. And he’s finding nothing but mush.” —Ben Shapiro

“From the FBI to IRS, the Biden administration has spent the last three years criminalizing Americans with biblical views, only to turn around and complain about threats to democracy. What bigger threat is there than a government weaponized against its own people?” —Tony Perkins