Dumb & Dumber

“We have a president who is looking to rip up the very fabric of this city.” —Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim socialist who was just elected mayor of New York City — the site of the worst Islamist terror attack of all time

“But as Eugene Debs once said, ‘I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.’” —Zohran Mamdani, immediately and purposefully invoking the name of the Socialist Party of America’s five-time presidential candidate

“We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about.” —Zohran Mamdani

For the Record

“A year from now, you and I, Clay, will be sitting here and saying, ‘Hey, guess what? Housing isn’t cheaper in New York. Food isn’t cheaper in New York.’ … If anything, it’s going to be more expensive.” —Buck Sexton making a guarantee to his co-host Clay Travis

“The election of Jay Jones as the next Virginia Attorney General shows that the key to rage politics is to hate the right people. Democrats just bulldozed any moral high ground in the debate over political violence and hate speech.” —law professor Jonathan Turley

“From [Gavin] Newsom’s perspective, Californians who support the minority party should not have any representation whatsoever. It’s harder to come up with a greater threat to democracy than that.” —Hans von Spakovsky

“I am not at all surprised that things went poorly for Republicans in four states that voted for Kamala Harris last year.” —Stephen Kruiser

Non Compos Mentis

“I just wanted to let you know that you are the most insufferable kind of coward and thief. You just stripped away healthcare for 17 million Americans, and I hope you’re really proud of that. I hope that one day you get pancreatic cancer and it spreads throughout your body so fast that they can’t even treat you for it. I hope that you die in the street like a dog. … One day, you’re going to live to regret this. I hope that your children never forgive you. I hope that you are infertile. … You are the worst piece of s**t I have ever, ever, ever had the misfortune of looking at. … God forbid that you ever meet me on the streets because I will make you regret it. F**k you. I hope you die.” —Helena city commissioner candidate Haley McKnight to Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy

Friendly Fire

“I think the mistake with it being Kamala [Harris] is that she had to run against her own record. And it’s very hard to do if the point of running is to say, ‘I’m not that person.’ … I think it was a mistake, quite honestly.” —actor George Clooney, who helped coerce Joe Biden into stepping aside

Political Futures

“Republicans need to play tough and they need to play smart — that’s how the president feels. And we know that Democrats, if they are ever given a chance at power again in this city, they will absolutely take away the filibuster.” —White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Trump’s call for Republicans to terminate the Senate filibuster

And Last…

“This is an ego-driven shutdown. Sen. Schumer’s poll numbers led to this goat rodeo more than any policy did.” —Sen. John Kennedy