Friendly Fire

“While the choice to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden’s alone, I believe it is time for him to pass the torch. … I have serious concerns about whether the President can defeat Donald Trump in November.” —Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA)

Upright

“When I was President Trump’s White House press secretary — the best job — I got the chance to take my four-year-old son Huck to ‘Bring Your Kid to Work Day,’ much like Jill now drags Joe to ‘Bring Your Husband to Work Day.’” —Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders

“Our enemies do not confine their designs to between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. We need a commander-in-chief who can lead 24 hours a day and seven days a week. America cannot afford four more years of a ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ presidency.” —Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

“When Barack Obama was president, Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea. With Joe Biden as president, Putin invaded all of Ukraine. But when Donald Trump was president, Putin did nothing. No invasions… No wars. That was no accident. Putin didn’t attack Ukraine because he knew Donald Trump was tough. A strong president doesn’t start wars. A strong president prevents wars.” —former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley

“My Mamaw died shortly before I left for Iraq in 2005. And when we went through her things, we found 19 loaded handguns. They were stashed all over her house — under her bed, in her closet, in the silverware drawer. … And it occurred to us that toward the end of her life, Mamaw couldn’t get around so well. And so this frail old woman made sure that no matter where she was, she was within arm’s length of whatever she needed to protect her family. That’s what we fight for. That’s American spirit.” —Republican VP nominee J.D. Vance

Dumb & Dumber

“You’re going to see the most extremist person take the stage in J.D. Vance, trying to tell you that he’s a small-town guy. I grew up in a town of 400. We didn’t go to Yale.” —Minnesota Governor Tim Walz

“J.D. Vance is like a baby of QAnon and MAGA put together.” —Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY)

“Trump looked for someone he knew would be a rubber stamp for his extreme agenda, and make no mistake: J.D. Vance will be loyal only to Trump, not to our country.” —Kamala Harris

DEI Faux Pas

“Folks, I know what a black job is. It’s a vice president of the United States!” —Joe Biden

“Look at the heat I’m getting because I, I named a, uh, the, uh, secretary of defense — the black man.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lies

“You peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder. Donald Trump called for the National Guard to go after you. What in the hell is the matter with this man?” —Joe Biden

“That’s where I got my start.” —Joe Biden regarding HBCU Delaware State

“I never saw [$400K] in my life until I got elected president.” —Joe Biden

“We have lowered the deficit, not raised it.” —Joe Biden

Projection

“[Republicans] want to prosecute political enemies.” —Joe Biden

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

“An AR-15 was used in the shooting of Donald Trump, just as it was assault weapons that killed so many others, including children. It’s time to outlaw them.” —Joe Biden

Can’t Fix Stupid

“It hasn’t changed.” —Biden Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks when asked, “How has the rhetoric changed in light of the assassination attempt?”

For the Record

“This past week alone, I counted at least 127 times on the combined networks of CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS that Trump was called ‘a threat to democracy,’ or variations of that phrase. … It was a script, and they all used it. … A troubled, diseased mind is susceptible to rhetoric and propaganda. It is political malpractice to give them the push they need.” —Christine Flowers

And Last…

“After the horror of Butler, Pennsylvania, even Democrats say things have gotten too vitriolic. They’ll just never admit their own responsibility.” —Rich Lowry