January 30, 2025

Thursday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Josh Hawley, Joy Behar, Stephen Miller, Karoline Leavitt, and more.

The BIG Lies

“It’s a lie. Made up. There was no U.S. funding for condoms in Gaza. What he stopped is programs to keep malnourished babies alive in Gaza. Aid groups say infants will start to die next week.” —Senator Chris Murphy

“This is pretty simple to understand. Trump isn’t running anything. The billionaires are. Specifically, one billionaire — Elon Musk — who wants to cut Medicaid, funding for elementary schools, and cancer research so he and his billionaire friends can take the money.” —Chris Murphy

Village Idiots

“When you start having Gestapo raids in America, and we start becoming a country where, as in East Germany, a knock on the door is the thing people are thinking about instead of the brilliant idea they want to go create, then we are moving very, very far from the president worrying about what regular people need.” —MSNBC’s Anand Giridharadas

“Undocumented immigrants are much less likely to have committed crimes than American citizens. American citizens commit more crimes than anyone who is undocumented. I also want to make the point that an undocumented immigrant is not a criminal because he or she is undocumented. That is a civil offense. So to call people ‘illegals’ is in and of itself, I think, xenophobic and racist … and incorrect.” —"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin

For the Record

“All of them, because they illegally broke our nation’s laws and, therefore, they are criminals.” —White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responding to a media question asking how many of those being repatriated to their home countries are criminals

“The illegal aliens that Joe Biden brought into our country are not, full stop, doing farm work. … They are in our cities collecting welfare.” —Stephen Miller

Village Idiots, Continued

“I laugh when people say, ‘Oh, you’ve got Trump Derangement Syndrome.’ If you’re a reasonable person, you should have Trump Derangement Syndrome.” —"comedian" Jimmy Kimmel

Re: The Left

“Get used to hearing the words ‘unprecedented,’ ‘chaos,’ ‘panic,’ and ‘fascism.’ You’re going to hear them every time Trump does anything.” —Gary Bauer

Non Compos Mentis

“I hate to say it. Not all kitchen knives need to have a point on them.” —actor Idris Elba discussing a possible “solution” to knifings in the UK

Shot/Chaser

“She’s probably been put in there because, according to Donald Trump, she’s a 10. You know that’s what it is.” —"The View" co-host Joy Behar regarding Karoline Leavitt

“Karoline Leavitt is 30 minutes into a Press Briefing and she hasn’t looked up a single answer yet. KJP would have gone through three binders and a Magic 8 Ball by now. THIS is why people wanna ditch DEI for Meritocracy.” —Jimmy Failla

Upright

“It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.” —Trump executive order on “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation”

“[President Donald Trump’s] latest executive order directs the Attorney General to work w/ Congress to protect children from transgender surgeries that mutilate their bodies. Today I will reintroduce my legislation to allow victims of these surgeries to SUE the doctors who harmed them.” —Senator Josh Hawley

“Countries that cannot function without US foreign aid should simply not exist. You have no right to exist as a nation if your existence depends on forced donations from the citizens of another country. Take away all foreign aid permanently and let the chips fall where they may.” —Matt Walsh

“Trump is a president who understands, and has no hesitation in using, the leverage the U.S. has abroad as the world’s preeminent economic and military power.” —Rich Lowry

Food for Thought

“Some vaccines are good. Some vaccines are bad. Some vaccines are not worth the risk. Some vaccines are more than worth the risk. But nuance isn’t allowed. You must either be pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine.” —Ian Haworth

“The things America needs are regular exercise, fewer calories and far less sugar. Truly would change everything for the better.” —Katie Pavlich

“If no judge is ever removed from the bench, no matter how unjust their verdicts, our legal system is fundamentally broken.” —Elon Musk

And Last

“We need to detain and deport, not catch and release.” —Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

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