Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“I Was One of Biden’s Border Advisers. Here’s How to Fix Our Immigration System.” —NYT op-ed headline from Blas Nuñez-Neto

Non Compos Mentis

“They will let their daughters be destroyed. They will let their families be destroyed. … He can drown them in Texas. … It’s a cult.” —Joy Reid describing the MAGA movement

Spin Doctors

“I’m not anti-gun at all. I’m for just some gun safe common sense. I’m challenged by large-capacity magazine clips in urban centers, weapons of war sometimes outgunning the police. But otherwise, man, people have the right to bear arms and I got no ideological opposition to that at all.” —California Gov. Gavin Newsom

“All too often public broadcasting is the only way for people to hear what’s going on. It’s a matter of life and death.” —Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer desperately finding a reason not to defund PBS and NPR

For the Record

“It’s true that small stations could go out of business, but as anyone who has been paying attention has noticed, we live in an era of great media churn. Private media entities are going out of business — and being created — all the time. The government shouldn’t extend its favor to a few select outlets.” —Rich Lowry

“The Left objects to defunding PBS because it objects to any diminution of its indoctrinating power. The Left objects to adding any conservative narratives to education and the culture for the same reason.” —Tim Graham

“The rhetoric coming from one side of the aisle about [ICE] operations saying ‘No, no, no, we gotta keep our cheap labor so that we can maintain our standard of living’ proves that they want to view Latinos simply as an underclass to siphon votes and fearmonger from every time there’s an election.” —The Blaze’s Julio Rosas testifying before Congress

“Pro tip: It’s not helping people to enable them to remain dependent on a government program in perpetuity while they fill their time with vain pursuits. Redistributing taxpayer income to able-bodied or illegal-alien recipients is, frankly, theft from taxpayers.” —Nate Jackson

Re: Epstein

“[The Democrats’] new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bull****,’ hook, line, and sinker.” —Donald Trump

“Trump has decided suddenly, after years of saying the opposite, that the Epstein files are a hoax, boring, they don’t matter, and anyone who talks about them is a ‘bad person’ and a weakling. He’s entitled to his opinion. But the idea that conservatives are obligated to also change on a dime and adopt this new perspective along with him is just madness.” —Matt Walsh

Upright

“I’m blessed to be able to come out here and play golf, but if my golf ever started affecting my home life, or it ever affected the relationship I have with my wife or with my son, that’s going to be the last day that I play out here for a living. … I would much rather be a great father than … a great golfer.” —professional golfer Scottie Scheffler

And Last…

“There was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska, prompting a tsunami warning. Not sure if that is Trump’s fault or climate change — probably both.” —Mark Alexander