Presidential Medal of Freedom Faux Pas

“I congratulate the Presidential Freedom of Medal recipients.” —Joe Biden

“Let’s give one more round of applause for this year’s Presidential Freedom recipients.” —Joe Biden

Swampthink

“The [tree of] liberty is watered with the blood of patriots — I mean, that’s a bunch of crap.” —Joe Biden

Fearmongering

“I’m going to ask the Justice Department and I’m going to ask the president to tell us what they’re going to do to protect this country against violence if [Trump] loses. I want to know about all of those right-wing organizations that he’s connected with who are training up in the hills somewhere and targeting, you know, what communities they’re going to attack.” —Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA)

Moral Equivalence

“There’s no place for anti-Semitism. There’s no place for Islamophobia.” —Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu

For the Record

“What we’re seeing is raw Jew-hatred. Period. End of story. It’s Jewish students who are being verbally harassed and physically assaulted. But the sad reality is that Joe Biden is so terrified of losing Muslim votes in Michigan and Minnesota that he cannot directly condemn anti-Semitism without giving equal time to Islamophobia, even though much of the anti-Semitism is the result of Islamic supremacism.” —Gary Bauer

“We should add college students who promote terrorism on behalf of Hamas to the TSA No Fly List.” —Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Non Compos Mentis

“The U.S. government can’t go bankrupt because we can print our own money.” —Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein

“The government definitely prints money, and then it lends that money by selling bonds. Uh, is that what they do? They, they, um. They, yeah. They, they, um, they sell bonds — yeah, they sell bonds. … There is no question that the government prints money and then it uses that money to, um, uh, uh, uh. So, um.” —Jared Bernstein

Non Sequitur

“Well I think that people have been through a lot since the pandemic, and you certainly saw President Biden take office and make sure that things really turned around pretty quickly.” —Jared Bernstein when asked: “More voters from Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin believe the economy was better under Donald Trump than it is now. Why do you think that is?”

Spin Doctor

“Wages are rising faster than prices, incomes are higher than before the pandemic, and unemployment has remained below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years. We have more to do to lower costs for hardworking families, but we’re making real progress.” —Joe Biden

Who’s Ready for More Taxes?

“The president … is going to let the Trump tax cut expire.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“There’s still more work to be done, including what we intend to do … in a second term, which includes affordable housing and making housing more affordable.” —Kamala Harris, whose administration made housing unaffordable in the first place

Belly Laughs of the Day

“In President Biden and our administration, you see competence. You see a steady hand. You see someone who cares about the American people. And we have gone about solving problems.” —Kamala Harris

“This is an administration that is committed to fixing the broken immigration system.” —Karine Jean-Pierre

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

“There’s nothing good about Biden issuing his [National Day of Prayer] proclamation in the wake of his constant promoting of abortion on demand and forcing our daughters to share bathrooms with boys. This is a president who has declared war on men and women who love Jesus and who love America. Applauding this proclamation is like applauding an enemy for his effective use of camouflage.” —Gary Bauer

Political Futures

“[Biden] pledged a restoration of national unity and global tranquility if he became president. Not only has he failed to achieve his goals. His very policies put them out of reach. We were promised competence. We got chaos.” —Matthew Continetti

“In a contest between chaos presidents, Trump has a double advantage. Not only is he a challenger whose record is viewed more favorably than Biden’s. He is also associated, rightly or wrongly, with authority, with law and order, with the police and the military and the working-class elements in American society.” —Matthew Continetti

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