The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Delusions of Grandeur

“Some people have actually said I was the most qualified candidate ever to run for president.” —Kamala Harris

Projection

“Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election.” —Barack Obama

Race Bait

“The Republican Party in the past 10 years has moved down the road of racism. So it’s not surprising that you see their open embrace of Nazism, of anti-Semitism… The Republican Party under Donald Trump has doubled down on its racism.” —CNN panelist Keith Boykin

Non Compos Mentis

“I think transgender female athletes are women athletes and they should be able to compete.” —California gubernatorial candidate Betty Yee

Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes

“Republican leaders are still trying to blame Democrats for the shutdown even though they control the House, the Senate, and the White House. It would be like Trump blaming January 6th on Joe Biden.” —Jimmy Kimmel

For the Record

“Today, if it weren’t for the bold leadership of President Trump … everyone needs to understand that 1.3 million active duty service members would be missing a paycheck.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson

“If Donald Trump were a king, there would be no court battles. There would be no government shutdown. The Senate Democrats wouldn’t be able to put roadblocks in Trump’s way. The courts wouldn’t be in a position to even delay, let alone deny a presidential diktat.” —David Strom

Re: The Left

“The fact is, the [Democrat] party has no leader now. It doesn’t control the presidency, the House of Representatives or the Senate, which means there is no individual Democrat with formidable institutional authority. That’s just a fact of life for parties completely out of power.” —Byron York

“[Jay Jones’s text messages are] far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy who said it could become the AG of Virginia. I refuse to join the pearl-clutching when powerful people call for political violence.” —JD Vance

“Shame on the U.S. media for making the celebrations of Palestinian families welcoming their Jew-hating, terrorist sons home and Israeli families welcoming home their innocent loved ones as somehow equivalent.” —Gary Bauer

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

“It would be hard to begrudge MAGA-minded Americans, or anyone else really, wondering how the same administration that earlier eliminated the U.S. Agency for International Development, which had an average annual budget of $23 billion, just spent close to that sum to purchase Argentinian pesos.” —Jim Geraghty

Food for Thought

“As part of this initial phase of Trump’s peace agreement, over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been released, and among them, individuals directly responsible for deadly terrorist attacks. … How many future Yahya Sinwars just walked free?” —Ian Haworth

Stranger Than Fiction

“Crazy time for HAMAS. They lose control of the hostages but they’re about to gain control of the New York City Mayor’s Office.” —Jimmy Failla

Straight From the Horse’s Mouth

“I inflicted this thing on the world, and I kind of regret it in some ways.” —Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger

“[Wikipedia] simply cannot be taken seriously as a neutral source.” —Larry Sanger