The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts
Fact-Check: False
“In just one year, Donald Trump has tanked the economy, sent prices soaring, decimated the job market, and left families everywhere struggling.” —DNC Chair Ken Martin
False Equivalence
“It is really damning when we think about the degree to which mass-media outlets reported on Joe Biden. … Yet we are seeing behavior from Donald Trump that is increasingly erratic and alarming and everyone’s pretending that this is normal.” —Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
The BIG Lies
“Liam Ramos is just a baby. He should be at home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention center.” —former Vice President Kamala Harris
“The first murder in the city of Minneapolis was perpetrated by federal agents.” —Minneapolis City Councilmember Jamison Whiting
Re: The Left
“The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric! Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America. LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB!” —President Donald Trump after the latest fatal confrontation with police in Minneapolis
“One has to ask, what is all this hullabaloo going on in Minneapolis? Simple, it is about deranged people who do not understand the law, and are willfully breaking the law, and insidiously defending those who have broken the law.” —Allen West
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris opened the border, creating a humanitarian crisis, and now leftists say the real problem is cleaning up that mess.” —Nate Jackson
“When I fret that the Trump administration may be overplaying its hand in dealing with narco-terrorists, I am reminded we are in this position because of Biden, a man the very Democrats who demand I denounce Trump gave cover to, a pass to and pretended he had no problems.” —Erick Erickson
European Weakness
“Just last year, here in Davos, I ended my speech with the words, ‘Europe needs to know how to defend itself.’ A year has passed, and nothing has changed.” —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
For the Record
“Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations.” —Donald Trump
The Tide Is Turning
“In essence, [JPMorgan Chase] debanked plaintiff’s accounts because it believed that the political tide at the moment favored doing so. JPMC’s reckless decision is leading a growing trend by financial institutions in the United States of America to cut off a consumer’s access to banking services if their political views contradict with those of the financial institution.” —legal complaint in the lawsuit between Donald Trump and JPMorgan Chase bank
Upright
“In the ancient pagan world, discarding children was routine. From the skeletons in brothels to the child sacrifice of the Mayans, the mark of barbarism is that we treat babies like inconveniences to be discarded rather than the blessings to cherish that they are. … The March for Life … is about whether we will remain a civilization under God or we whether we ultimately return to the paganism that dominated the past.” —Vice President JD Vance
Roasting Gavin, Again
“I think [Gavin Newsom] may be in over his hairdo. And being on the national stage is very different than being governor of California with no signature achievements. But to say strange things like, ‘President Trump is a Tyrannosaurus rex’ — what the [heck] does that mean? I could say, ‘Gavin Newsom is a Brontosaurus with a brain the size of a walnut.’” —Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Belly Laugh of the Day
“Michelle Obama should start a podcast with Meghan Markle because no two women have complained more and contributed less.” —satirist Jimmy Failla