Political Futures

“I am not done. … I have lived my entire career as a life of service and it’s in my bones. … If I listened to polls I would have not run for my first office, or my second office — and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here.” —Kamala Harris, who is sitting there because she lost

“Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy. In that spirit, I support him and the entire citywide Democratic ticket in the general election.” —House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries with a despicable endorsement

Tone-Deaf

“I want to speak to the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.” —Zohran Mamdani, who apparently thinks his aunt was the real victim of 9/11

Inciting Violence

“Don’t forget where you’re standing. This is South Central Los Angeles. [Immigration agents] are not the only ones with guns in this city. … Don’t forget that. … The people have every right to defend themselves against masked, unidentified gunmen.” —Unión del Barrio spokesman Ron Gochez

Godwin’s Law

“Hitler had a large ball room/ reception hall built at the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin.” —actress Mia Farrow regarding the new White House ballroom

Projection

“This is … about a justice system which has been weaponized, a justice system which has been used as a tool of revenge.” —New York Attorney General Letitia James

Yellow Journalism

“All the signs Donald Trump has no intention of ever leaving the White House.” —headline in the Mirror

Re: The Left

“Would Zohran Mamdani celebrate 9/11? I don’t know. But the candidate has proven a little problematic associating with theocrats and rationalizing violent rhetoric. New Yorkers have every right to be suspicious of how he would react.” —David Harsanyi

“Through open and fair elections, the left lost most of its former political power in Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court. Now in their fury and impotence, Democrats hit the streets — projecting onto their hated nemesis, Trump, their own past preferences for kingly methods.” —Victor Davis Hanson

“If [Democrats] get power again, they will go right back to open borders and mass amnesty to ‘fundamentally transform America’ by replacing our population with more pliable voters. That’s why they are fighting every effort to secure America’s border and deport criminal aliens. That’s why leftist mobs are attacking immigration police officers who are simply doing their jobs and enforcing the law. That’s why they are all in on amnesty and giving free, taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal aliens. None of that makes any sense at all unless you’re trying to import a new population who you believe will be your voters.” —Gary Bauer

Food for Thought

“This sports world is corrupt in a way that is actually destroying and harming young people and imposing corruption, normalizing corruption, throughout all of American culture.” —Jason Whitlock on the NBA gambling ring

Upright

“If neither side will police itself and demand a higher standard for itself, it will collapse into a moral abyss. … Until we smash our idols and commit to truth and justice, we will not even begin to heal what ails the nation.” —Erick Erickson