January 24, 2025

Friday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk, Riley Gaines, Tim Young, and more

For the Record

“We really have to stop that war. That war is horrible. And I’m not talking … economics, I’m not talking about natural resources. I’m just talking about — there’s so many young people being killed in this war.” —Donald Trump during a lengthy Q&A session after his World Economic Forum address

“I think the thing you’ll see about Ukraine is that far more people have died than is being reported. … When you look at a city that has become a demolition site, where big buildings have been collapsed by missiles. … and they say, ‘One person was slightly injured’ … that’s not true.” —Donald Trump

Political Futures

“Through his actions of eliminating governmental corruption, reinstating in-person employment and withdrawing from international organizations and agreements, Trump is showing that he has evolved into a seasoned veteran. Agree with him or not, he now knows exactly what he can do, and he’s ready to take action.” —Armstrong Williams

“For half a century, America has had Republican administrations filled with people terrified to fulfill their electoral mandates. That pattern has ended.” —Charlie Kirk

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Donald Trump has shown he is unfit for political office by fulfilling his promises and doing exactly what he said he would do.” —Babylon Bee satirist Kyle Mann

Upright

“If we are to resurrect the American Republic, we must secure our God-given Natural Right to be citizens, not subjects, which is the premise of the Second Amendment. And it is great that we have President Trump, but our fight is at the state, and municipal level, especially major urban centers.” —Allen West

“Under the Trump administration there will be no better place on earth to create jobs, build factories, or grow a company than right here in the good old USA.” —Donald Trump

“Some things matter more than victory and some of those things include the integrity of sport and in this case objective reality.” —Riley Gaines on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act

Good Riddance

“An illegal alien with 17 criminal convictions really hates President Trump for sending him back to Haiti. He’s grateful to Biden for letting him come here. I’m glad we’re deporting him.” —JD Vance

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

“I can find no evidence that Bishop Budde has preached sermons asking for mercy for the victims of criminal illegal aliens. Where is her mercy for American workers of all races whose wages are undercut by illegal aliens?” —Gary Bauer

“Has Trump already taken more questions this week than Biden did in 4 years? He’s gotta be getting close.” —Tim Young

Re: The Left

“Democrats purport to be obsessed with threats to ‘democracy,’ but they tend to go into full obstruction mode when democracy actually threatens to break out.” —John Hinderaker

“My Democratic colleagues and many members of the media will start calling us, particularly the president, crazy. They said the same thing about Noah, and then the rains came — and all the fact-checkers drowned.” —Senator John Kennedy

“The left should be advised to have a nice hot cup of STHU (shut the heck up) commenting on J6 pardons and commutations after Biden’s dubious pardons of his crime syndicate family and preemptive pardons…not to mention the countless violent criminals.” —Allen West

“Trump is racist for not having more blacks at his inauguration. But blacks who appeared at his inauguration are sellouts. Trump can’t win.” —Larry Elder

And Last

“The radical leftists are really upset that they had to take time out of their busy day praising Hamas to call me a Nazi.” —Elon Musk

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