Gender Deniers

“For the mother to not even return to the state to answer law enforcement questions, to try to provide some assistance. I’m sure she’s grieving for her daughter, but this is — yeah, it’s a really perverse and strange element in this story.” —former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe on CNN, demonstrating his perversity by refusing to identify the shooter as a man

“Police visited the Minneapolis shooting suspect’s home at least twice when she was a teen. But she had no criminal record, and all weapons were lawfully purchased.” —NBC News

Non Compos Mentis

“What Motivated the Minneapolis Church Shooter? We May Never Know.” —New York Times headline (“If all you do is read the New York Times, you’re probably the most misinformed group of people on the planet. A publication dedicated to anti-journalism and anti-information.” —Stephen L. Miller)

For the Record

“The Minneapolis church shooter embraced transgender ideology. He hated Christians. He hated Israel. He hated Donald Trump. All of those things would be supported by a majority of the DNC delegates.” —Gary Bauer

“When you ‘affirm’ mental illness instead of treating it, people get hurt.” —Sen. Jim Banks

“Politics has no solution for evil. No legislation solves spiritual problems.” —Erick Erickson

Shot/Chaser

“Pulling the Secret Service protections of former VP Harris is petty. Donald Trump is once again showing how low he will go to get revenge against his opponents. We cannot go down this dangerous path.” —Sen. Tim Kaine

“Former Vice President Mike Pence lost his secret service detail six months after he left office which is standard. Why should Kamala Harris be treated different?” —Sen. Jim Banks

Pot Calling the Kettle Black

“This guy has completely perverted capitalism, Donald Trump. … This guy is the leading … socialist of our time.” —California Gov. Gavin Newsom

Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

“Yeah, I got into Harvard with affirmative action.” —Joy Reid

A Trip Down Memory Lane

“I hope … that we can pass a law that criminalizes flag burning and desecration.” —Sen. Hillary Clinton, 2006

Re: The Left

“Democrats are dunking harder for illegals than they ever have for American citizens.” —Wesley Hunt

“The majority of European immigrants now come from majority-Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet many arrivals seem angrier at their newfound liberal hosts than at the dictatorships they fled back home.” —Victor Davis Hanson

Political Futures

“Those of us who prefer regular order within the constitutional framework to policy produced by Biden-ish indirection or Trump-ish bombast must face the fact that we seem as distant from any bipartisan bargain on immigration law as we have been since the last one was passed 39 years ago.” —Michael Barone

“The first for-cause removal of a sitting Fed governor sends an unmistakable message: The American people, through their elected president, will once again take the reins of government.” —Josh Hammer

Belly Laugh of the Day

“If President Trump came out in favor of breathing, Gov. Pritzker would probably hold his breath.” —Sen. John Kennedy