The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Baghdad Bob

“The president has done the work and will continue to do the work to try and deal with … the deficit that we’re seeing. … Meanwhile, Republicans are doing the opposite. They want to continue to give these tax cuts to billionaires and corporations. They want to make it harder for middle-class families.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

The BIG Lie

“I’m pro-life, and I have been very troubled, deeply troubled by what I have watched happen in so many states since Dobbs. I have been troubled by the extent to which you have women who … in some cases have died — who can’t get medical treatment that they need because providers are worried about criminal liability.” —former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“If you wouldn’t hire somebody to babysit your kids, you shouldn’t make that guy the president of the United States.” —Liz Cheney (“She said this while sharing a stage with two prominent women whose husbands — Doug Emhoff and Arnold Schwarzenegger — had affairs and conceived children with the nanny.” —Nate Jackson)

Belly Laugh of the Day

“The most conservative of all conservative principles is being faithful to the Constitution. And you have to choose in this race between someone who has been faithful to the Constitution, who will be faithful, and Donald Trump.” —Liz Cheney

Non Compos Mentis

“What I cannot understand is why anybody would think that Donald Trump will shake things up in a way that is good for you. Because there’s absolutely no evidence that this man thinks about anybody but himself.” —Barack Obama on the guy who wants to make America great again, assassination attempts be damned

“Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini.” —The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum

“Were you better off four years ago or you gonna be better off in a penitentiary four years from now?” —Democrat strategist James Carville

For the Record

“Abortion will not end the attacks on human life. Already we are reading about pods that have been created to help people commit suicide. As people live longer the pressure on the elderly to ‘die and get out of the way’ will grow. If life’s value is determined by government and not ‘endowed by our Creator,’ there can be no constraints on humans to do whatever they wish to other humans. Today’s horrors become normal in a short space of time. It’s just a matter of conditioning.” —Cal Thomas

And Last…

“I wouldn’t have to, because [Xi Jinping] respects me, and he knows I’m [freaking] crazy.” —Donald Trump on whether he’d use military force against China if it blockaded Taiwan

“You don’t have to go to dinner with him. You just have to like the country that you live in.” —retired NASCAR driver Danica Patrick with a message to other women who say they can’t vote for Donald Trump

“[Harris] wanted to run on vibes, but now they’ve all turned bad — and Trump, after surviving two assassination attempts, has become the more joyful campaigner.” —Daniel McCarthy