Friday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, Adrienne Elrod, Gary Bauer, and more.
Theater of the Absurd
“The same resolve that the extraordinary men and women that we’re celebrating today showed then [D-Day], [Biden] is showing now.” —Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Non Compos Mentis
“I’ve known [Vladimir Putin] for over 40 years. He’s concerned me for 40 years.” —Joe Biden
Dumb & Dumber
“I can tell you that he is sharper than ever.” —Biden campaign spokeswoman Adrienne Elrod
“I don’t even know what that question means.” —Adrienne Elrod when asked, “How much should a candidate’s cognitive function factor into that decision when someone votes?”
Who Wants to Tell Them?
“If Trump wins, he could weaponize U.S. spy services against his domestic political enemies, former intel officers warn.” —NBC News
For the Record
“The supposed ‘capping’ of migrants at 2,500 per day is meaningless. Who will do the counting? If the cap is imposed on one day when the arbitrary number is reached, what happens the next day? Another 2,500, of course. All breaking the law to enter the country. This is like giving shoplifters a maximum they can steal before they are arrested and prosecuted. Oh wait, that is already happening in California.” —Cal Thomas
“Immigration is among the top issues for voters in 2024 and Biden’s executive order is in response to a political necessity, not the necessity of controlling the border. … This is the problem with so much that happens in Washington. A small number of people — some elected, some appointed — decide for more than 300 million people what they think is best for them, when it is more about what is best for themselves and their political careers.” —Cal Thomas
“Joe Biden issued 94 executive orders undoing everything Donald Trump did to really secure the border. … One order pretending to get tough won’t make up for 94 previous orders gutting border security.” —Gary Bauer
Upright
“The powerful like [Donald] Trump, Hillary Clinton, Sam Bankman-Fried, Jeffery Epstein, Diddy and Joe Biden, and the powerless, the rich and the poor, indeed, everyone needs to read more of the Bible and squander less time on fawning social media. We should all start with Galatians 6:7 — ‘A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction.’” —Armstrong Williams
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