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December 23, 2024

Monday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from The New York Times, Donna Brazile, Chris Cillizza, Clay Travis, and more.

The BIG Lies

“[Republicans] would rather enact massive tax cuts for their billionaire donors than fund cancer research for children.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries

“I’ve gotten over 100 hostages out [of Gaza].” —Hamas appeaser Joe Biden

Dezinformatsiya

“Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s proposals to test democracy’s limits.” —The Washington Post, which “died in darkness” years ago

Shot/Chaser

“Some of the videos of Mr. Biden circulating during this year’s campaign are clearly manipulated to make him look old and confused.” —The New York Times, June 2024

“It is hard to imagine that [Biden] seriously thought he could do the world’s most stressful job for another four years.” —The New York Times, December 2024

Delusions of Grandeur

“America’s greatest presidents were sometimes treated like punching bags in office — insulted and vilified by opponents. President Biden has endured the same undeserved treatment. But I expect that, like other great presidents, history will judge him more accurately.” —former DNC chair Donna Brazile

Spin Doctor

“An apology: As a journalist, I should have pushed harder on the very real questions about Joe Biden’s physical and mental health as president.” —former CNN pundit Chris Cillizza (“He only cares because his inaction contributed to Trump’s win. He had no courage to say anything because he thought he could cover up Biden’s (obvious) mental decline to help him get reelected.” —Collin Rugg)

For the Record

“Now that Joe Biden is leaving office, we’re finally getting media verification of what we knew all along: Democrats and the media were full-scale LYING to us about Joe Biden’s senility.” —Ben Shapiro

“It is amusing to read accounts of Biden appointees seeking pardons to protect against Trump administration prosecutions: a classic case of projecting your own sins on your opponent, one who could have prosecuted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton but didn’t.” —Michael Barone

“The media has lost all their power because no one’s watching anymore. They’ve been lying to us for so long. They’ve taken such ridiculous positions that everyone knows exactly what’s happening. … They’re arguing like kindergartners.” —Donald Trump Jr.

“The Department of Education has performed wonderfully once you understand what its true purpose has always been. The department is designed to provide material and political benefits to the teachers’ unions, not to improve student outcomes. In achieving this goal, the Department of Education has been a smashing success.” —Jay Greene

Upright

“With a stroke of my pen on day one, we are going to stop the transgender lunacy. And I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high schools.” —Donald Trump

“Under my administration, it will be official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.” —Donald Trump

Reality Check

“I voted Democrat, and I gotta tell you something right now. I don’t like that I did. I don’t like what I’m seeing.” —sports journalist Stephen A. Smith

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

“The media narrative has moved rapidly from Trump is Hitler and a unique threat to American democracy to Trump isn’t even president and Elon Musk is pulling all the strings. Is Musk Hitler now? I can’t keep up.” —Clay Travis

And Last…

“Power and strength, rather than capitulation and mollification, work in the Middle East. And the world is a better place today because of Israel’s victories.” —David Harsanyi

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