Wednesday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Joe Biden, James Carville, Lawrence O’Donnell, Michelle Lujan Grisham, and more.
Non Compos Mentis
“Here with us today is Hersh Goldberg-Polin. … He is not here with us, but he’s still being held by Hamas.” —Joe Biden
“Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz … is responsible for this occurring, having sponsored this early on back when she was 12 years old.” —Joe Biden
For the Record
“I don’t think it’s much better than 50/50 that [Joe Biden] shows up on June the 27th. … Why risk it?” —Democrat strategist James Carville regarding debating Donald Trump
Circling the Wagons
“It didn’t really sound like stealing $30,000. It sounded a lot like Michael Cohen doing the little that he could … to rebalance the bonus he thought he deserved, and it still came out as less than the bonus he thought he deserved and the bonus he’d gotten the year before.” —MSNBC’s Lawrence O'Donnell
Dumb & Dumber
“When the entire country says, ‘We’re all border states,’ no, we are not all border states.” —New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
“[Illegal immigration] has now become a really harsh political issue. … Shame on Republicans.” —Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
“[The International Criminal Court’s] chief prosecutor announced he was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. … There is genocide taking place in communist China today. What is the ICC doing about that? There is a brutal civil war going on in Sudan. What is the ICC doing about that? Christians are being slaughtered in Nigeria. What is the ICC doing about that? I don’t recall the ICC bringing Osama bin Laden to justice.” —Gary Bauer
The Village Academies
“Parents take serious risks when they send their child to college. … How many young people return home after four years at college (let alone additional years in graduate school) a finer, kinder, more moral or intellectually more developed person? Let’s just say it’s rare.” —Dennis Prager
Upright
“How cool is it as a woman to hear your spouse praise you and have such gratitude towards you? … That’s a beautiful thing. Isn’t that pro-woman? … Harrison Butker, thank you for your courage. Don’t change. We need you.” —former ESPN anchor Sage Steele
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