The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Cultural Icon?

“I don’t know no Bad Bunny song.”

“I have no idea.”

“I don’t listen to Bad Bunny like that but she, she got some good stuff.”

“I don’t listen to Bad Bunny so I really don’t even have one.”

—NFL players after being asked to name their favorite Bad Bunny song

Touché

“Nothing is more pathetic than a bunch of sportswriters in their 40s and 50s pretending to like Bad Bunny in the hopes of annoying the Trump voters.” —Laura Ingraham

Oof

Q: “This was not where I was anticipating getting stuck. Are you aware of how many branches of government there are?” —North Carolina State Rep. Allen Chesser (R)

A: “No.” —Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Sheriff Garry McFadden

Non Compos Mentis

“When I’ve taken actions, like vetoing the nastiest piece of anti-LGBTQ legislation that ever came through my state … I said my faith teaches me that all children are children of God.” —Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) regarding child bodily mutilation

Delusions of Grandeur

“I’ve always been someone who has been intellectual.” —Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)

Straight Shooter

“I’ve heard a lot of generals say a lot of things. The dumbest thing I’ve heard a general say is that ‘our diversity is our strength.’ It’s the single dumbest phrase in military history.” —Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

Upright

“The Trump Administration is proud to stand with students, parents, and faculty who wish to exercise their First Amendment rights in schools across our great nation. Our Constitution safeguards the free exercise of religion as one of the guiding principles of our republic, and we will vigorously protect that right in America’s public schools.” —Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on new DOE guidance to protect religious freedom

Political Futures

“The map is not just a partisan power play, but a means of giving Northern Virginia hugely disproportionate sway over the state’s congressional delegation.” —Rich Lowry on the proposed Democrat gerrymander of Virginia

For the Record

“[Last] week, the [American Medical Association] acknowledged that there is insufficient evidence to continue supporting surgical interventions on minors under the banner of ‘gender-affirming care.’ … It appears the prospect of accountability — not compassion — finally prompted the AMA’s concession.” —Tony Perkins

“Focusing solely on the sexual dimension of [Jeffrey] Epstein’s crimes, while emotionally understandable, ultimately obscures the full truth. People did not simply pay for women. They paid for access to Epstein himself and to the doors he claimed he could open.” —Armstrong Williams

And Last…

“It is time we stop acquiescing, compromising, and submitting to the world’s most intolerant system of belief. Always remember that any Muslim who departs Islam is considered an apostate, punishable by death.” —Allen West