The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Gaslighting

“Serving those that are hungry — it’s not a suggestion in the Old and New Testament. … These guys need to stop the BS in Washington, DC, because they’re sitting there in their prayer breakfasts. Maybe they got an edited version of Donald Trump’s Bible and they edited all of that out. … Cruelty is the policy.” —California Gov. Gavin Newsom

Braying Jennies

“[Republicans are] people of faith? You go to church on Sunday and pray in church on Sunday and prey on people the rest of the week? What is this?” —Rep. Nancy Pelosi

“I was asked if [Trump] was a fascist, and I said yes. And the reason is that I look at what is happening right now, and again, it is what I predicted.” —Kamala Harris

“Donald Trump wants to politicize everything in America because he thinks he’s the king in charge.” —Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Race Bait

“No one is going to convince me what the Trump administration is doing against black people and brown people can ever be justified. It is racist. … When you have black babies being thrown in the back of vans, zip-tied in the middle of the night, and masked men sticking guns in the faces of black and brown people, that is nasty, is vicious, is racist.” —Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

“To terrorize people in their homes, to make them afraid to go to church, afraid to go to the market, afraid to go to a restaurant — that’s not what this country is about. There’s only one parallel in history that can I think of that has occurred in my lifetime, and that, of course, would be the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.” —Sen. Dick Durbin

They Want You Dead

“So listen up, Democratic establishment: You can either jump on board with this sh*t, or we’re coming after you in the same way that we come after MAGA.” —podcaster Jennifer Welch reacting to a clip of a “No Kings” protestor saying she’s glad Charlie Kirk is dead

Leftist Hysteria

“I personally think that an infrastructure is being built to allow Donald Trump to stay in office indefinitely. I don’t think that what’s being done to the White House —you don’t do that if you think that anybody else is going to inhabit this thing after you.” —Puck reporter Julia Ioffe on CNN

“The question weighing heavily on the minds of many Americans is whether Trump will subvert next year’s elections or the 2028 presidential election to extend his reign.” —The Atlantic’s Michael Luttig

What World Is She Living In?

“We should have fought to make sure that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won.” —former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Friendly Fire

“The truth is, there’s a quiet civil war going on in the Democratic Party right now. … I believe that [the] far-left will destroy the Democratic Party.” —New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo

Shot/Chaser

“To be Muslim in New York is to expect indignity.” —New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani

“If a Muslim can’t be safe in New York City, is there any hope for America?” —Ann Coulter

Good Question

“If you’re working in NYPD, do you want to go out there and risk your life knowing that the mayor hates you?” —Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasting Mamdani

Re: The Left

“It’s extraordinary that more than 20 years later, New York City is about to go from a mayor, in Rudy Giuliani, who warned of the dire threat of Islamic terrorism, to a mayor, in Zohran Mamdani, who warns of the dire threat of Islamophobia. The city is about to go from a mayor who understood the stakes of a civilizational battle to a mayor who thinks the civilizational battle is all about addressing our own perfidy and hatred. One mayor saw his career revived by a crisis, while the other will — if he delivers on his agenda — create a crisis.” —Rich Lowry

“Radical leftists in New York City want to be reminded that they aren’t crazy because their ideas are so radical that they are insecure about their own sanity.” —Joshua Arnold

For the Record

“If you read [the Constitution], it’s pretty clear. I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad.” —Donald Trump on the speculation about a third term

And Last…

“We need five Democrat senators to pull their heads out of their asses and go work for the United States of America.” —Rep. Brian Mast regarding the Schumer Shutdown