The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Dezinformatsiya

“Trump claims his militarized takeover of DC has made people feel safer to go out to restaurants, but in fact restaurants in DC have seen the number of diners plummet more than 25% since he sent feds into the street.” —The New York Times’s Peter Baker contrasting apples and oranges — i.e., Restaurant Week vs. non-Restaurant Week

Demagogue

“I think that Democrats … should be united in using everything that we can do and all of our power to stop what Trump is doing right now — not just in DC, but across the country.” —Rep. Robert Garcia

Race Bait

“When [President Trump] says, ‘Oh, you know, it’s Liberation Day’ and all of these things, those are, you know, ways of him saying, ‘Oh, its white power. It’s what I want to do.’ Those are racist remarks.” —Rep. LaMonica McIver

“Hey Winsome [Sears], if trans can’t share your bathroom then blacks can’t share my water fountain.” —Virginia protestor’s sign

Belly Laugh of the Day

“The most unpatriotic people that we have in this country are MAGA and this president. We are the real patriots.” —Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Missing the Forest for the Trees

“The next administration, whatever its party, must hold accountable anyone who abuses their power today. If you are an FBI official, a political operative, or a willing participant in this corruption, know that your actions will not fade into the background when Trump is gone. They will be remembered.” —former Rep. Adam Kinzinger correctly realizing that lawfare begets lawfare but conveniently forgetting that it was the Obama and Biden administrations that started it

Upright

“What emerges from this court’s vacating the $500 million disgorgement award, with which I concur, is the frustration of what appears to me to have been the attorney general’s true aim in bringing this action. Plainly, [Letitia James’s] ultimate goal was not ‘market hygiene’ … but political hygiene, ending with the derailment of President Trump’s political career and the destruction of his real estate business. The voters have obviously rendered a verdict on his political career. This bench today unanimously derails the effort to destroy his business.” —Judge David Friedman

Shall Not Be Infringed

“I’m in favor of it. People have to protect themselves. I’m a Second Amendment person.” —Donald Trump answering the question, “Would you be open to expanding the national concealed carry to apply to DC like it does in other states like Texas?”

For the Record

“Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers. The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.” —Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Re: The Left

“[MSNBC] changed their name now because they were so bad. … They’re changing the name because they’re ashamed of it.” —Donald Trump

“What explains the Democrat nihilism? One, the prior Biden administration was among the most aimless, corrupt, and unpopular in modern history. So the contrast with Trump’s successes is too hard to bear.” —Victor Davis Hanson

Touché

“This is what happens when you have a board that does not respect their historical customers or their brand.” —Steak ‘n Shake regarding Cracker Barrel’s “modernization”

And Last…

“Cracker Barrel’s CEO this morning: 'Okay, what if we bring back the logo, but he’s trans?’” —Clay Travis