Dumb & Dumber

“MAGA Finds It’s George Floyd: Charlie Kirk isn’t the first martyr to be used as a cudgel.” —headline and subheading in The Atlantic

“I wear two things now: the American flag … and a paper clip. What did the teachers in Norway do when there was a Nazi occupation? They started wearing paper clips.” —American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten

Re: Balancing the Budget

“It’s the season when our great political leaders in Congress finally have to stand up tall and decide who in the federal government will get the tens and hundreds of billions of dollars we don’t really have and will be borrowing for our grandchildren to pay off.” —Michael Reagan

“If you pray for rain, you’ve got to be prepared to deal with the mud. I don’t know how Senator Schumer plans to deal with the mud, because we will never, ever agree to his $1.5 TRILLION list of demands.” —Sen. John Kennedy

“This may be the dumbest strategy that I have seen in a long time. There are two things the American people want: do not close the government, and do not raise spending. So what do the Democrats do? They say, ‘I’m going to close the government until you raise spending.’” —Newt Gingrich

“Democrats are effectively conceding that Obamacare as originally designed has failed, and the only way to keep the program functional is to dump more taxpayer dollars into it forever.” —Dominic Pino

“Democrats have declared Trump to be Hitler, but if he makes permanent the temporary healthcare subsidies from COVID-19 that cover illegal aliens and restores funding for progressive television and radio stations, he can go back to Hitler-ing to his heart’s content.” —Erick Erickson

“The actual details over the trend of federal spending — always rising dramatically — are treated as boring. How many journalists fixate on the annual deficit, or the accumulated national debt? That’s not a serious question. Don’t be a nerd.” —Tim Graham

Upright

“People are getting caught up in battles over social media memes. This is not a game. We’ve got to keep the government open for the people. … To my friend Hakeem who I was asked about, man, just ignore it. I mean, Gavin Newsom was trolling me last night. He painted me like a minion. … And I thought it was hilarious. You don’t respond to it.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson

Law and Order

“Thanks to President Trump and his vision for safe cities in America, Memphis is about to be one of the safest cities in the country.” —Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee

“There must be consequences for treason and sedition. Leftists cannot continue to believe that they are impervious to any scrutiny and prosecution.” —Allen West

Art of the Deal

“Instead of soaring UN utopian rhetoric or fueling one side with money and weapons to win these forever wars, Trump engages both aggressor and victim — even those he despises.” —Victor Davis Hanson

And Last…

“Democrats are in the uncomfortable position of appeasing what has become the party’s dominant constituency, affluent white college graduates.” —Michael Barone