The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Non Compos Mentis

“Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE.” —Rep. Eric Swalwell (“If Swalwell somehow became president, I have no doubt he would be on that ballroom floor dancing with his communist Chinese honeypot.” —Gary Bauer)

Denialism

“We are not the crazy ones, New York City. We are not the outlandish ones, New York City. They want us to think we are crazy. We are sane.” —Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Weird Flex

“I woke up every day as a black woman who is queer who had never — no one had ever seen someone like me at that podium standing behind that lectern. It was an honor and a privilege to have that job. And I did it to the best of my abilities.” —Karine Jean-Pierre on whether she had any regrets about her time as Biden’s press secretary

Old Man Yells at Cloud

“Friends, I can’t sugarcoat any of this. These are dark days.” —Joe Biden

Credit Where It’s Due

“I am always going to vote country over my party, and if I pay a price within my base, that’s something I’m willing to do.” —Sen. John Fetterman refusing to support the Schumer Shutdown

“That kind of extreme … rhetoric makes it easier for … extreme kinds of actions, even like what happened to poor Charlie Kirk. … I refuse to be a part of it and comparing people to Hitler and those things because … if that’s what’s required to win, then I refuse to. … If somebody wants to primary me or the party wants to vote me out, I’m going to go down being honest and telling you that this is wrong.” —Sen. John Fetterman refusing to support incendiary leftist rhetoric

Reality Check

“1 in 5 New Yorkers can’t speak the English language. 40 percent weren’t born in this country. New York is not an American city anymore.” —Matt Walsh

Observations

“Once a relatively marginal phenomenon, sports betting is now part of the American mainstream, and we haven’t seen the last of the scandals.” —Rich Lowry

“The Supreme Court’s job is not to preserve every precedent in amber; it is to decide cases according to the Constitution. When a majority of justices conclude that a previous ruling — even one many decades old — was wrongly reasoned or inconsistent with the Constitution, overruling it is not a breach of integrity; it is the court’s duty.” —Jeff Jacoby

“Let’s be clear: there will be no enduring peace in the Middle East so long as those who deny Israel’s right to exist are allowed to operate within her borders — harboring the illusion that terrorism and agitation will eventually yield them a state carved from the heart of Israel.” —Tony Perkins