The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Pearl Clutching

“When you come for one of us, you come for all of us. We reject the hateful rhetoric of Donald Trump. … [Somalis] are Americans. … They are part of our family. They are part of the fabric that makes Minneapolis a better place.” —Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

Leftist Lob

“The president of the United States is a killer.” —Maxine Waters

Reality Check

“Those who appear ‘troubled’ by videos of military strikes on designated terrorists have clearly never seen the Obama-ordered strikes, or, for that matter, those of any other administration over recent decades.” —Representative Rick Crawford

Wisdom of the Ages

“One of the mysteries of the ages is why the political left has, for centuries, lavished so much attention on the well-being of criminals and paid so little attention to their victims.” —Thomas Sowell

Culture and Heartland

“When you think about it, shouldn’t [soccer] really be called, I mean, this is football, there’s no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff.” —President Donald Trump

Re: Affordability Crisis

“The connection between illegal immigration and skyrocketing housing costs is as clear as day. We are proud to be moving in the right direction. Still so much to do.” —Vice President JD Vance

Fact-Check: True

“What the Washington Post said last week was a complete lie. They owe an apology to Pete Hegseth, and especially they owe an apology to Admiral Mitch Bradley.” —Senator Tom Cotton

Re: Climate Hysteria

“The moral panic is slowly evaporating. Millions of Americans may still believe warming exists, but far fewer view it as an imminent existential threat — let alone embrace sweeping upheavals in energy policy and personal lifestyle.” —Josh Hammer

Re: The Left

“Democrats don’t care about consumer choice and affordability. Their policies, as the auto CEOs noted, aren’t based on reality or common sense. They are based on virtue signaling. All they do is raise taxes and impose regulations that bust the budgets of average Americans.” —Gary Bauer

For the Record

“Democrats, of course, don’t care about legal niceties or dead smugglers. They see the air strikes as their latest excuse to get Hegseth sacked or as another political weapon to use against Trump.” —Michael Reagan