The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Demagogues

“Senate Republicans betrayed the American people and covered the Senate in utter shame. … This is not a Big Beautiful Bill at all. … People will get sick and die. Kids will go hungry.” —Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer

“VP Vance has cast the deciding vote in the Senate to cut Medicaid, take away food assistance, blow up the deficit, and add tax breaks for the wealthiest. This bill is unpopular because it is wrong. Congress votes this week, but it’s our voices — and our votes — that will have the final say.” —former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg forgetting that the people already had their say in November

Village Idiot

“Immigration policy has destroyed the lives of families, not criminals; women’s rights are becoming less and less every day; queer and trans lives are increasingly being erased; and gender-based violence is on the rise. This isn’t just policy, it’s personal.” —actress Charlize Theron speaking out about the hardship caused by enforcing the law from her ivory tower

Reality Check

“People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons. The question should be, ‘How many lives does ICE save?’” —border czar Tom Homan in response to a reporter asking about a Cuban national dying in ICE custody

“The thing that will bankrupt this country more than any other policy is flooding the country with illegal immigration and then giving those migrants generous benefits. The [One Big Beautiful Bill] fixes this problem.” —JD Vance

Troll Master

“I think he’s terrible. He’s a communist. The last thing we need is a communist. … I think I’m going to have a lot of fun with him, watching him, because he has to come right to this building to get his money.” —Donald Trump on NYC Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani

Be Careful What You Wish For

“Biden wanted me in here. It didn’t work out that way.” —Donald Trump during his visit to Alligator Alcatraz

Funny How That Works

“Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on [X.com] because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape.” —author J.K. Rowling

Re: The Left

“The Left is so wedded to LGBTQ ideology, and the ‘T’ more than anything, perhaps even abortion. It doesn’t matter what the polls say — they cannot break away from this insanity. It defines who they are and how they think of themselves.” —Gary Bauer

“Leftists fail to recall that Nazi stands for National Socialist…not constitutional conservative.” —Allen West

“Democrats need a populism with less socialism and more patriotism, even if that looks a little more like the GOP’s formula — after all, it’s what works.” —Daniel McCarthy

Upright

“Here’s the key point Trump understands. Some violent acts are morally good. In Michigan recently, a church member spotted a would-be mass shooter and ran into him with his pickup. An armed security guard then killed the gunman. … In this circumstance, it was morally justified.” —Victor Joecks

“There is an old wisdom in political science that real presidential power, whether domestic or international, is the power of persuasion. In less than two weeks, Trump has shown that his impact on American history has centered on his persuasive powers and using them to execute leadership.” —Salena Zito