The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Dumb & Dumber

“Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany.” —Vox headline

“Female athletes of color have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny and discrimination when it comes to sex testing and false accusations that they are male or transgender.” —Associated Press

Non Compos Mentis

“Would [Hamas] qualify to me as a terrorist organization? Yes. But do I know that? Absolutely not.” —Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO)

Demagoguery

“They want to kick it to Congress, so it’s going to be up to us on January 6, 2025, to tell the rampaging Trump mobs that he’s disqualified. … [The Supreme Court justices] simply do not want to do their job and interpret what the great 14th Amendment means.” —Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Political Futures

“Harris is selling herself as a way to erase the painful memories and replace them with nothing but media-manufactured good feelings — a sugar pill. How does Trump counter that? Not by renewing his feud with Brian Kemp, the popular Republican governor of battleground Georgia.” —Daniel McCarthy

A Trip Down Memory Lane

“We have to stay woke. Like, everybody needs to be woke. And you can talk about if you’re the wokest or woker, but just stay more woke than less woke.” —Kamala Harris in 2017

Friendly Fire

“There are some anti-Jewish bigots out there. … How much of what just happened is caving in to some of these darker parts in the [Democrat] party?” —CNN’s Van Jones regarding Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as veep (“Kamala picked Walz because of anti-Semitic elements in Democrat party. This is even being openly discussed on CNN now.” —Clay Travis)

Tongue-in-Cheek

“Minnesota has been a wonderland at the presidential level. Think of it. Harold Stassen. Hubert Humphrey. Walter Mondale. It’s almost like why wouldn’t you pick a guy from Minnesota, I ask you.” —John Podhoretz

For the Record

“It’s not surprising [Kamala Harris] picked Tim Walz to be her running mate — he embodies the same disastrous economic, open-borders, and soft-on-crime policies Harris has inflicted on our country the last four years. Walz is an empty suit who has worked to turn Minnesota into Harris’ home state of California, and solidifies this ticket’s full embrace of a radical, America-last agenda.” —GOP Majority Whip Tom Emmer (MN)

“[Kamala Harris] has sort of the San Francisco, California, vibe. [Tim Walz] is going to have sort of the Bernie Sanders in hunting gear vibe. So, it’s the same product, just in different wrappers.” —former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty

“Let’s be clear: Kamala didn’t cave to the antisemitic, pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic Party. She belongs to the pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic party.” —Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Tim Walz is wonderful. … To characterize him as left is so unreal. [H]e’s right down the middle. He’s a Heartland of America Democrat.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

And Last…

“A presidential ticket where one person enabled the burning down of his own state and the other person advocated bailing out the people who did it.” —Stephen L. Miller

“The book ‘1984’ is supposed to be a warning. Today’s leftists are using it as an instruction manual.” —Victor Joecks