That’s Racist!

“Right now we have, you know, young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is.” —New York Governor Kathy Hochul (“Democrats are always trying to prove they aren’t racist by talking about how dumb and incapable minorities are.” —Seth Dillon)

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“We must fight to make sure that we remain a democracy, not an authoritarian society.” —Senator Bernie Sanders (VT)

Stranger Than Fiction

“Can you imagine a kid, two years old, saying: ‘Mom, don’t take me across the Rio Grande. It’s against the law.’ Give me a break. These have been model citizens.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lie

“Twenty-eight out of every 100 students in school speak Spanish — 28!” —Joe Biden

Baghdad Bob

“Under this president’s leadership … violent crime is at a nearly 50-year low.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Braying Jenny

“Maybe Donald Trump will go away. Maybe he’ll go to jail. Maybe he will die. Not to be too morbid, but maybe — I mean, he’s not a young man.” —MSNBC’s Jen Psaki

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

“To strengthen America’s economy, we are also helping more people buy a home.” —Kamala Harris

For the Record

“In all the years of the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders never lowered the American flag and raised the flag of black power. They embraced America and wanted all the promises of America to be applied equally to them. This movement on our college campuses today is full of hatred for the civilization that these students are blessed to reside in.” —Gary Bauer

“The protests that are cropping up around us are not ‘just like’ Vietnam. They are much closer to the BLM protest/riots that engulfed our country a few years ago. The point of those marches seemed to be grievance and hatred of ‘the other,’ not a true attempt at any social reckoning.” —Christine Flowers

Political Futures

“The protests and riots following the death of George Floyd didn’t make voters flock to Trump in the name of rallying law and order. Instead, the unrest simply made the Republican incumbent look weak, a leader who’d lost control of the situation. Now it’s Biden’s turn to appear powerless to unite the country — or even his own side.” —Daniel McCarthy

“The problem for Biden is that many of the attacks on Trump — especially those based on his legal prosecutions — feel besides the point compared to the bigger questions in the race. Are more people going to care that Trump has been convicted of felonious bookkeeping related to a payment to a porn star eight years ago or that they think he can do a better job handling inflation?” —Rich Lowry

“The most direct way for Joe Biden to improve his chances in November would be to become a good president — although it’s unfair to place such unrealistic expectations on him at this juncture in his presidency and career.” —Rich Lowry

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