The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Non Compos Mentis

“There’s a hypocrisy with certain Christians who are ‘pro-life,’ but they will pull that electric chair switch. They are pro-life, but they have their AR-15s in their cabinet. They are pro-life, but they don’t mind immigrant families being torn from each other. They are pro-life, but they don’t care about little children’s subsidies being taken away from them. That is not pro-life.” —"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin

Demagogue

“In Minneapolis, we don’t look at them as undocumented immigrants. We look at them as our neighbors. We love them. They make our city a better place.” —Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

Extreme Projection

“For decades, Republicans have consistently shut the government down as part of their efforts to try to extract and jam their extreme right-wing agenda down the throats of the American people.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries

For the Record

“You’d need an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of all the Senate Democrats’ demands for reopening the government. It’s totally unserious — and it’s all about politics.” —Sen. John Kennedy

“Total federal spending in fiscal 2019, the last before COVID, was $4.45 trillion. In fiscal 2024, it was $6.75 trillion. That is an increase of 52% in just five years. It is a situation that is not, as they say, sustainable. And that is what the current shutdown showdown is about.” —Byron York

Belly Laugh of the Day

“If Democrats really cared about furloughed workers, they’d give them some of Pelosi’s stock tips.” —Jimmy Failla

Observations

“It should not surprise us … that as Christianity is gradually eroded as a cultural foundation, humans become disposable rather than indispensable, and the value of life becomes transactional rather than transcendent; about money rather than morals.” —Laura Hollis

“It’s comical that liberal journalists consider themselves as the guardians of democracy — a major part of Western civilization — but appear so supportive of … tyrannical Islamism.” —Tim Graham

Law and Order

“The idea that there is a square inch of block in this city where a citizen doesn’t feel safe is unacceptable. This is Memphis, this is the United States of America, and all that bulls**t is done. It’s over. It’s finished.” —White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller

And Last…

“Pundits accused Secretary of War Pete Hegseth of ‘fat shaming’ our troops and generals. Well, the only tanks in the military should be weapons, not people who look like tanks!” —Gary Bauer