The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Race Bait

“We are living in a world in which we are seeing modern-day lynching take place in front of our eyes. … We are being dragged back to the 1950s, where we’re seeing these lynchings. And guess what? Somebody doesn’t go to jail when it comes down to killing one of us.” —Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett

Hot Air

“The thing that’s screwing us up day by day in this country is climate change.” —Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“Just to be clear. House Democrats will never be bullied or intimidated by far right extremism, no matter who comes to power. We will always do what’s right for the American people.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries

Praetorian Guard

“Our Lie of the Year goes to Donald Trump and JD Vance for false claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pet dogs and cats.” —PolitiFact (“We had a President who straight up said for the entire year that he would not pardon his son — Only to pardon him for every crime he may or may not have committed since 2014. Yet Politifact made their ‘lie of the year’ something that they can’t even prove was false.” —Greg Price)

Veep Thoughts

“And I ask you to remember the context in which you exist. Yeah, I did that. Uh-huh!” —Kamala Harris

Upright

“The last thing voters now want is for the IRS to impose any more costly last-minute tax changes that will make problems even worse for taxpayers, workers and employers. Accordingly, the Biden team and the IRS should put down their pencils. And if they persist with these fourth-quarter rule changes, the Trump team should be prepared to immediately repeal them in January.” —Stephen Moore

For the Record

“I will try to make to make it happen. He is a great negotiator!” —Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son upon being asked to double his $100 billion investment by Donald Trump

“Biden never went to even one Army-Navy game. He has skipped them all four years of his presidency. This is the only sporting event in America where the athletes on the field are willing to die for the fans in the stands. And Joe Biden could never find the time to show his respect for their courage.” —Gary Bauer

“Look at the disdain America’s Chicken Little elites and the propaganda press heap on anyone who dares to question vaccine orthodoxy. … This reaction suggests the supposed experts have something to hide. They don’t want to bury their opponents with studies showing how they’re right. They want to shame them into silence or destroy their professional lives.” —Victor Joeks

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

“Why is it not considered a hate crime if the victims are Christian?” —Kevin Sorbo

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Instead of abolishing Daylight Savings Time, why don’t we just abolish daylight? That would cut down on global warming and guilt about drinking at breakfast.” —David Burge

And Last

“You can usually work out the truth by watching the legacy media — it’s the opposite of whatever they’re telling you.” —Russell Brand