Thanks, Captain Obvious

“I don’t know for sure, but I suspect that, you know, they want to see more action with regard to the border.” —Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) when asked, “Why do you think voters seem to trust Trump’s policies more than Biden’s?”

For the Record

“Every woman in America needs to understand that they are at risk because of the open border policies promoted by Joe Biden and the Democrat Party. … The debate over illegal immigration is not a hypothetical debate. It is about the safety of our wives, daughters, and granddaughters.” —Gary Bauer

Baghdad Bob

“I wonder why anybody is questioning Joe Biden’s mental acuity.” —Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu

Dumb & Dumber

“I’ve heard a lot of conspiracy theories. I hear a lot of things out on the road, but to hear Americans, people who would describe themselves as patriots, say that America is not a democracy, that stopped me in my tracks.” —CNN’s Donie O'Sullivan

“You are hearing people say America is not a democracy because there are people around Trump who want them to be saying that, who’ve been planting that narrative.” —historian Anne Applebaum

“The word ‘democracy’ and the word ‘republic’ have often been used interchangeably. There isn’t a meaningful difference between them.” —Anne Applebaum

“There is a part of the Republican Party that would like to rule as a minority, and they need an excuse for why that’s okay, and so they have begun to say, ‘We’re not a democracy, we’re a republic.’ … I think they mean, ‘We want Donald Trump to be able to do whatever he wants.’” —Anne Applebaum

Braying Jenny

“[Samuel] Alito struck me almost immediately upon sitting down to talk with him as a radical, as a fanatic about his views of culture and the role of religion in our society and his religion. … And I found him scary, and I said so on the floor of the Senate when I voted against him.” —Hillary Clinton

Big Brother

“The government spent decades trying to make fathers unnecessary. The failure of that experiment put society on the long-term path to collapse.” —Victor Joecks

Atrophy

“Once in America … we were gifted by great orators, men and women who could by the power and content of their words inspire, motivate and sometimes unify their nations. Today, we have politicians who mumble, slur their words, repeat themselves and in other ways make no sense. They neither inspire, nor unite.” —Cal Thomas

Village Academies

“The teacher unions are the strongest force in the modern Democratic Party. Unions. Not parents. … The teacher unions are adamantly opposed to anyone measuring THEIR performance. They can grade the students, but no one dares to grade the teachers.” —Stephen Moore

And Last…

“It’s weird how the press is now admitting Ashley Biden’s diary is real, but choosing not to discuss what she writes about her father in it.” —Erick Erickson

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