
Thursday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Olaf Scholz, Tom Cotton, Emmy Griffin, Ian Haworth, and more
Can’t Fix Stupid
“How Labeling Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Hurt the U.S. Economy.” —The New York Times
Shot/Chaser
“Undocumented Women Ask: Will My Unborn Child Be a Citizen?” —The New York Times
“We’ve finally found what it takes for The New York Times to admit unborn babies are not just a clump of cells.” —Cabot Phillips
Non Sequitur
“So on the question of the dealing of Elon Musk, I had a lot of things to comment in the past because he was discussing a lot about Europe. And just to repeat what I already said, we have the freedom of speech in Europe and in Germany. Everyone can say what he wants even if he is a billionaire. And what we do not accept is if this is supporting extreme-right positions.” —German Chancellor Olaf Scholz not understanding free speech
Upright
“I’m really glad that … [the Mexican cartels have] been designated a terrorist by the Trump administration. Now, let’s go after them and wipe them off the face of the earth.” —Congressman Carlos Gimenez
“The best way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. At long last, EO 11246 is repealed.” —Vivek Ramaswamy
Political Futures
“My message to obstructionist Democrats: Don’t make plans this weekend. We’re going to get President Trump’s nominees confirmed the easy collegial way, or apparently the hard way.” —Senator Tom Cotton
“JD Vance does seem different from a lot of VPs in that he really seems like he’s supposed to be an heir to the current president rather than someone quite different who offsets him.” —Frank J. Fleming
Re: The Left
“She was given a great honor today, a chance to unify America around a Christian message at the dawn of a new administration. Instead, she disgraced herself with a lecture.” —Charlie Kirk on Mariann Edgar Budde’s National Prayer Service remarks
“The Democrats appeared to believe that it didn’t matter how out of touch and radical they’d become, so long as they were running against a Donald Trump who could be ruled out of bounds.” —Rich Lowry
“Starting the think the people who think the President can amend the constitution by tweet might not actually be the most credible people on what is and is not a Nazi salute.” —Erick Erickson
“America has had such an insane immigration policy for so long, now we have legions of non-citizens telling us they’re going home and they’re saying it as if it’s some kind of threat. We’ve created some sort of sick mentality around the globe that people are entitled to be here.” —Jesse Kelly
“Lord knows that government is inefficient enough without putting incompetent DEI hires in charge of important departments. Just ask California how DEI has been working out.” —Emmy Griffin
“I see a lot of people saying DEI is dead. It’s not. It’s cornered and in a position to die but we must be punishing and relentless in finishing this ideology off. No mercy. Mercy allows it to survive and grow anew to terrorize future generations. Lots of work left for us to do.” —Robby Starbuck
And Last
“You know what isn’t normal? Having the country run by a dementia-addled corrupt career-politician who handed over the reins to a gaggle of Obama-era deep-state figures and radical leftists who tried to demolish and rebuild the United States of America as a woke utopia.” —Ian Haworth
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