Can’t Fix Stupid

“I’m never going to back down from these guys. I’m going to continue to speak out. I’m going to continue to do my job and — as much as I can — highlight how wrong these people are and how outrageous this is and how dangerous. So I’m not going away.” —seditionist Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

Delusions of Grandeur

“I’m accountable for this [fraud]. And because of that accountability, I’m not running for office again. But I have a year to continue to improve on a record that I think will stand up against anybody’s. A record that has made Minnesota better.” —Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

America First

“We want what’s best for the Venezuelan people. But more importantly than that, by a factor of 100, we want what’s best for the American people. And whoever the leader of that country is is going to have to play ball with the United States.” —Vice President JD Vance

Food for Thought

“Imagine being in Venezuela with renewed hope for freedom and seeing reports of leftist protesters in America demanding Trump return your tyrant oppressor to power.” —Patriot Post publisher Mark Alexander

Iran Next?

“The United States could do many things short of military action — which is probably not off the table — to aid Iranian protestors against the regime. … Would these actions be enough? Only the one ‘who brings princes to nothing’ (Isaiah 40:23) knows for certain. But a certain former Venezuelan dictator might advise Ayatollah Ali Khamenei not to underestimate President Trump.” —Joshua Arnold

Political Futures

“Go ahead Democrats and try to make the case that Maduro should have remained in power and continued to kill Americans and his own people. That won’t benefit your electoral prospects in the next election.” —Cal Thomas

“Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York City on New Year’s Day. His inaugural address was shocking in its anti-Americanism. … The danger here is not just that Mamdani is mayor of New York City. The danger is that he represents the rising wing of the Democrat Party. This is who they are — socialists and Marxists.” —Gary Bauer

“The Democrats’ problem isn’t with the way their candidates look or sound — it’s what they believe and do. And there won’t be a Democrat who can match the appeal of Republican populism until there’s a Democrat who dares take the populist side on immigration and cultural norms.” —Daniel McCarthy

Insight

“Anything that’s in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that’s invented when you’re between 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you’re 35 is against the natural order of things.” —author and humorist Douglas Adams (1952-2001)