The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Non Compos Mentis

“I don’t think that you can … be black and be a rational MAGA person.” —former CNN host Don Lemon

Dog and Pony Show

“I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!” —Senator Mark Kelly

Can’t Fix Stupid

“When my mother came from Guyana, she realized it is not a land of opportunity for people like us.” —Joy Reid, an immigrant child who became a millionaire through the media industry

“Anyone of us could find ourselves being deported.” —"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg

Giving Away the Game

“Ninety-nine percent of the Democrats in Congress, both the House and the Senate, voted to shut the government down to try to make some sort of aimless political point. It’s shameless. They are using the American people as pawns.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson

Reality Check

“The Education Department runs a student-loan boondoggle with a $1.6 trillion portfolio, while harassing schools, states and districts with progressive diktats on everything from transgender bathroom use to Covid-19 mask rules. What the Education Department hasn’t done is improve the academic performance of American students.” —The Wall Street Journal

For the Record

“Trump’s shutdown of the southern border is truly incredible. Right now we are on pace for the fewest illegal border crossings since 1967. And all of this has come entirely through executive action. Biden & Kamala lied and said this was impossible without congressional action.” —Clay Travis

“Deregulation was one of the keys to the success of the first Trump term. More of it is coming — and it cannot come too soon after the red-tape expansion of the Biden years.” —Niall Ferguson

“While Jewish grandmothers and young girls were being raped, while babies were being put in ovens, while Jews were still dying on October 7, 2023, Jewish Voice for Peace issued a statement blaming Israel for the violence because it is ‘occupying Palestinian land.’” —Gary Bauer¹

“When you consider the future of our country, what troubles you most? My answer? The growing lack of moral courage to stand for what is true and right.” —Tony Perkins²

Belly Laugh of the Day

“[Disney’s ‘Snow White’ remake] is on track to bomb worse than a pager store in Lebanon.” —Jimmy Failla