Non Compos Mentis

“You know, my, my, my son says, you ought to have a, uh, you know, we all have, uh, various short-term descriptions for your jobs, for what you’re accomplished. You should say, ‘Joe jobs.’” —Joe Biden

Gaslighting

“These right-wing critics of the president have a credibility problem. … Instead of talking about the president’s performance in office — and what I mean by that is his legislative wins, what he’s been able to do for the American people across the country — we’re seeing these deepfakes, these manipulated videos. And it is, again, done in bad faith.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Praetorian Guard

“There’s a growing and insidious trend in right-wing media … to take highly misleading and selectively edited videos of President Biden … and use those videos to spread messages virally to cast doubt on President Biden’s fitness for office.” —MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace

“Even critics were saying that [Biden] did a strong job, very good job representing the United States.” —MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough regarding the G7 summit

For the Record

“The media that decries misinformation is now insisting unedited videos of Joe Biden are edited.” —Erick Erickson

“Biden’s White House has redefined ‘deep fake’ to mean any video that shows Biden being lost and confused.” —Tim Young

“Americans think President Biden is mentally unfit because he is, clearly, mentally unfit for the office.” —Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Demagogue

“Today, we remember the nine beautiful souls of Mother Emanuel AME who lost their lives on June 17, 2015. [T]he word of God was pierced by bullets in hate and rage…” —Joe Biden (“But Joe Biden never, EVER mentions the NINETEEN THOUSAND+ black souls murdered by other black people since then. Hmmm. Guess those black lives did NOT matter.” —Mark Alexander)

With Friends Like These…

“I will not attend [Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress]. … I’m not going to sit in a one-way lecture. … How he treated President Obama, he should not expect reciprocity.” —Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA)

The BIG Lies

“Zero. That was monthly inflation in May. There’s more to do still, but this is welcome progress.” —Joe Biden

“No administration has done more for Black America than the Biden-Harris administration.” —Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler

“This MAGA [Supreme] Court is going off the deep end, aligning itself more and more with the most extreme elements of the hard-Right.” —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Re: The Left

“Martha Ann Alito had a life before she met her husband, and every feminist out there suggesting that she is simply his proxy with a vagina is a hypocritical disgrace.” —Christine Flowers

“Those claiming that the Hunter Biden conviction proves our justice system has not been weaponized … couldn’t be more wrong. … His paltry case got to trial despite the many efforts — some successful — by the Garland Justice Department to scuttle the entire investigation against him and to insulate any complicity by his father, who is Trump’s political rival for the presidency.” —Hans von Spakovsky

Food for Thought

“Maybe the best thing coming out of Ukraine is that it is exposing the sad state of our industrial base when it comes to making weapons that will be needed in the next war that is just over the horizon.” —Gary Bauer

And Last…

“I detest [Black History Month]. … This whole idea makes my teeth itch. It’s not right. My history is American history.” —actor Morgan Freeman

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