Birds of a Feather

“We’re singing from the same song sheet. She helped pass all the laws that are being employed now. She was a major player in everything we’ve done.” —Joe Biden regarding Kamala “New Way Forward” Harris

The BIG Lies

“I was in Hong Kong on June 4, 1989, when, of course, Tiananmen Square happened.” —Tim Walz, 2019

“They’re getting everything they need. And they’re very happy across the board.” —Joe Biden upon being asked about the needs of the states battered by Hurricane Helene

FUBAR FEMA

“FEMA is tremendously prepared. This is what we do.” —Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in July

“FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.” —Mayorkas last week

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“[The Trump administration] will use the mechanisms of the Department of Justice to go after people who are their political foes. This is something that has never really happened in the history of this republic.” — former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder

Upright

“We don’t rely on FEMA to do any of that type of [rescue] activity. We rely on FEMA to basically be a bank account. … We take matters into our own hands for the preparation and the rescue and the response.” —Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

For the Record

“When Joe Biden became president, the Middle East was calm. Now it is in the midst of a multifront war.” —Victor Davis Hanson

Political Futures

“Walz is more than a knucklehead. He’s a liability. Why? Because vice presidential nominees take an electoral version of the Hippocratic Oath: Do no harm to the top of the ticket … Walz is a walking reminder that Harris’s judgment is questionable at best..” —Matthew Continetti

“[Josh] Shapiro’s identity as a pro-Israel Jew might have outraged the Democrats’ progressive anti-Israel base. And Shapiro came into his job interview with demands, asking for guarantees and a seat at the high table. How dare he. Shapiro’s ‘baggage’ was his ethnicity and his religion and his interest in recognition and authority. All this was too much for Harris, who opted for the progressive agent of organized labor who governs a state that hasn’t voted for a Republican for president in half a century and who says that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s presence in Congress brightens his day. Harris made the wrong decision. A bad decision. How many more will she make if she becomes president?” —Matthew Continetti

“The Christian voter’s choice … is not between one candidate of bad character, Trump, and another of bad policy, Harris. It is a choice between one candidate with poor character and another candidate with both poor character and deadly policies.” —Kylee Griswold