The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

With Friends Like These…

“We reject the policy and the practice of [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Terrible. What could be worse than what he has done in response? … He should resign.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Spin Doctor

“Throughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look bad so police and public leaders would shut them down. That’s what we are seeing now at Columbia University. The Columbia protesters have made clear their demands and want their school not to be complacent in the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. Public officials and media making this about anything else are inflaming the situation and need to bring calmness and sanity back.” —Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN)

For the Record

“All the woke colleges that banned comedians because ‘speech is violence’ are camped out on the lawn chanting ‘death to Israel.’ This is the dumbest time there’s ever been to be alive.” —Jimmy Failla

“Hey remember like 5 years ago when colleges were building safe spaces full of fainting couches and trauma counselors in case a student saw somebody wearing a sombrero at a Halloween party? Good times.” —David Burge

“Whenever Democrats do muster enough courage to denounce anti-Semitism, it’s usually watered down by also including racism and all their favorite ‘phobias’ — Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, ad nauseam.” —Nate Jackson

“Biden … can’t even get himself to call out Brownshirts without throwing them a bone.” —David Harsanyi

Upright

“Immediately deport all foreign students studying in the USA that support Hamas. We should also revoke federal student loans for any American student arrested for supporting Hamas.” —Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

The Punching Bag of Big Government

“It’s no wonder that men and women who put their life savings on the line to build their businesses from scratch feel they’re under assault. They are being taxed and regulated to death while too often inflation eats away their modest profits. No one in Washington is going to be ‘forgiving’ their loans when the business conditions get rough and high interest rates make it tough to get emergency loans. There is no safety net — and no ‘too big to fail’ aid package — for the heroes of our economy, who have become the punching bag of big government.” —Stephen Moore

Freudian Slip

“How many times does [Trump] have to prove we can’t be trusted?” —Joe Biden

Baghdad Bob

“Biden’s top economic priority is continuing to make more historic progress bringing costs down for people.” —Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates

The BIG Lies

“I’m going to make community college free. … It won’t cost the taxpayers.” —Joe Biden

“There are people in our country right now that are suggesting to focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a bad thing because they may not want conversations … to occur which include the issue of pay equity based on gender.” —Kamala Harris

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Representative Ocasio-Cortez of New York — you know, I learned a long time ago, listen to that lady.” —Joe Biden

Insight

“Heroes are not supermen; they are good men who embody — by the cast of destiny — the virtue of their whole people in a great hour.” —author Herman Wouk (1915-2019)