The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Non Compos Mentis

“They may be drug runners — we don’t know that for sure — but just because you call somebody a terrorist … doesn’t mean that the military is authorized to go after them. … There will be a Democratic president someday, and all my MAGA friends who are cheering on these illegal killings need to imagine who gets killed when President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that it doesn’t matter what the law says; she’s going to do what she’s going to do.” —Rep. Jim Himes

Projection

“[Republicans] are choosing to cut off food assistance and SNAP to 42 million Americans. They are going to let seniors, children, veterans, and millions of Americans starve.” —Rep. Melanie Stansbury

A Blind Squirrel Finds a Nut

“This is also a choice by Senate Democrats to not vote to open the government.” —CNN’s Jake Tapper

Belly Laugh of the Day

“If this government shutdown were a soap opera, I’d call it ‘As the Stomach Turns.’ It’s not going to end until enough senators decide to take their egos out back and shoot them.” —Sen. John Kennedy

For the Record

“The men who fought alongside George Washington for America’s independence would probably be speechless watching modern Americans risk jail time over a ‘free’ bag of chips and a soda rather than lift a finger to feed themselves. … Assistance is a bridge — not a destination.” —Samantha Koch

Upright

“I just want to say to any Democrat in the United States Senate: We are happy to talk about any policy issue … but not at the point of a gun. You do not get to take the American people’s government hostage and then demand that we give you everything you want in order to pay our air traffic controllers. It’s a ridiculous set of demands. Let’s reopen the government, and then let’s sit down and talk about how to compromise.” —JD Vance

“We cannot be afraid to do something because the Left might do it in the future. The Left is already going to do it regardless of whether we do it. That is the takeaway of the last 40 years.” —JD Vance

“You do not have to completely kick God out of the public square, which is what we’ve done in modern America. It’s not what the Founders wanted … and anybody who tells you it’s required by the Constitution is lying to you.” —JD Vance

Chilling Warning

“Mamdani winning New York City would be the biggest win for the Marxists, the socialists, in the history of this country.” —House Speaker Mike Johnson

Re: Leftist Lunatics

“For clarity … yes, I finished fifth in the nation at the Division I national championships, tying with a 6-foot-4 man who ranked 462nd in the men’s division the year prior. … And whose side does AOC and the rest of the Democratic Party take? They take the 6-foot-4 man who flashed his junk at women in the locker room — that’s whose side they take.” —Riley Gaines