The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The BIG Lie

“Who tried to overthrow the government on January 6? Who was that again? That was not Obama.” —"The View" co-host Joy Behar

Dezinformatsiya

“The Trump administration is doing the work of our adversary, Russia.” —CNN’s Beth Sanner

Suspicious Denial

“What attacks on ICE agents?” —Rep. Jerry Nadler

Delusions of Grandeur

“[Joe Biden] was a great president. He accomplished remarkable things in a two-year period where we had the majority. He had accomplishments that were seen in the same light as LBJ and Franklin Roosevelt. … History will treat him well.” —Rep. Nancy Pelosi

Projection

“If there’s one thing [Republicans are] good at, they’re good at cheating, and they’re good at bulls****ing people. … They have decided that they are losers.” —Rep. Jasmine Crockett

“We’ve lost decency. We’ve lost civility. We’ve lost respect for the rule of law. … We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us. [Trump’s] everything that’s wrong with not just America but with being a human being.” —actor Jeff Daniels

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Republicans care about power more than they care about anything else. … Democrats care more about being right than they care about being in power.” —former Rep. Beto O'Rourke

Shot/Chaser

“There is likely no trade deal with Japan.” —Sen. Chris Murphy, July 23

“Japan PM Ishiba welcomes Trump’s ‘massive’ trade deal announcement.” —BBC News headline, July 23

For the Record

“If France is really so determined to see a Palestinian state, I’ve got a suggestion for them: Carve out a piece of the French Riviera and create a Palestinian state.” —Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

“How clever! If Macron can just ‘declare’ the existence of a state perhaps the UK can ‘declare’ France a British colony!” —Mike Huckabee

Yellow Journalism

“We all know what’s going to happen. They’re going to dribble little details out for days or weeks in an effort to assassinate the president’s character. They won’t show us this book or allow us to refute it until they’ve wrung every bit of fake news out of the story. And everyone will just move on from the fact that the WSJ is acting like a Democrat SuperPAC. It’s disgraceful” —JD Vance

Rule of Law

“We’re not going to do amnesty in this country. We’re actually not going to tell people who have come into the country illegally that they are allowed to break our laws and be rewarded for it.” —JD Vance

And Last…

“What I have learned in the course of our properly predicated and necessary investigations … has shocked me down to my core. We cannot run a Republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned.” —FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, teeing up the next shoe to drop