The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

“We are not short on good ideas. … Free buses, freeze the rent, and deliver no-cost childcare.” —Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Yellow Journalism

“Minnesota shooting solidifies the anxieties of people who track ICE.” —CNN headline

The BIG Lies

“[Renee Good was] not involved in protest activity or anything. Seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.” —Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)

“We have someone dead, in their car, for no reason whatsoever.” —Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

“You had a person that was definitively trying to just get out of there.” —Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

“I remember when Charlie Kirk got killed. … Our response wasn’t to sit there and pretend like it was okay.” —Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)

Re: The Left

“[Renee] Good was shot while interfering with federal law enforcement. [Charlie] Kirk was shot because he dared to defend conservative views on a college campus. But the Left expects the whole country to stop everything and get on our knees over Good, while Kirk ‘deserved it’ because he was ‘right-wing.’” —Gary Bauer

“What Democrats are doing today is no different than what Democrats like George Wallace did resisting integration.” —Gary Bauer

False Equivalence

“From Tehran to my birthplace of Minneapolis, people are rising up against systems that wield violence without accountability. In Iran, brave protestors confront a far-right theocratic regime that crushes dissent and denies basic freedoms. Here at home, tens of thousands are marching after the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good — demanding justice, transparency, and an end to an unchecked federal force that takes lives and tears families apart.” —DNC Chairman Ken Martin

For the Record

“Thousands of innocent Iranians have been murdered by the despotic rulers of Iran, yet not one American college or university has had a single protest on behalf of the brave people of Iran. Fascinating, isn’t it?” —Clay Travis

“The leaders of Iran called. They want to negotiate. I think they’re tired of being beat up by the United States. … A meeting is being set up, but we may have to act because of what’s happening before the meeting.” —President Donald Trump

Plain and Simple

“If you are wiring money out of the country, one of two things must be true: You’re either getting too much money and your benefits should be cut, or you’re part of this [fraud] conspiracy.” —Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

The Monroe Doctrine

“There haven’t been many [drug] boats sunk recently because we can’t find boats to sink because no one wants to get in a narco-boat, which is the whole point.” —Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

Upright

“For more than 20 years I put my hands up in celebration on the gridiron. Now, I put my hands up to the One that gave me all my talents and abilities — the King of my life, Jesus Christ. I’ve never claimed to be perfect, but my aim is for the direction of my life to honor Christ and I pray my faith increases.” —NFL legend Brett Favre