The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Dumb & Dumber

“The gruesome video of the fatal knife attack on Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail car in Charlotte is drawing attention from MAGA influencers seeking to elevate the issue of violent urban crime — and accuse mainstream media of under-covering shocking cases.” —Axios

“The video of the heartbreaking attack that took Iryna Zarutska’s life is now public. I want to thank our media partners and community members who have chosen not to repost or share the footage out of respect for Iryna’s family.” —Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles

“We will never arrest our way out of issues such as homelessness and mental health. Mental health disease is just that — a disease like any other that needs to be treated with the same compassion, diligence and commitment as cancer or heart disease.” —Mayor Vi Lyles

The BIG Lies

“I’ve been in neighborhoods across Chicago. … The president’s absurd characterizations do not match what is happening on the ground here. … There is no [crime] emergency.” —Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker

“Republican cities have higher crime rates.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

Theater of the Absurd

“Countless people in the Los Angeles area have been grabbed, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed simply because of their looks, their accents, and the fact they make a living by doing manual labor. Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities.” —Justice Sonia Sotomayor 

Non Compos Mentis

“Free buses has been proven to work. … It works because we know that if people are given a quality alternative they can afford, they’ll use it.” —former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

Spin Doctor

“The closest Mr. Mamdani gets to socialism is in his belief in treating people more equitably.” —New York Times reporter Jeffery C. Mays

Braying Jenny

“The mainstream media will not touch these questions about Donald Trump’s obviously declining health.” —Joy Reid before finding out Trump did not die over Labor Day weekend

Useful Idiot

“[Hamas] seems more like a political organization.” —Tucker Carlson

For the Record

“The French Revolution was a godless revolution that sank into nihilism and the mass rape of nuns. The American Revolution created the greatest nation in the world because it was built on the idea that liberty comes from God. But the senator from Virginia — the state that produced Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence — has no idea what the founding principle of America is!” —Gary Bauer

Ephesians 6:12

“We are in a spiritual war between God and Satan, and it’s being fought out in the political arena.” —Gary Bauer