Can’t Fix Stupid

“I can’t say it enough: Don’t give them any money.” —Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz talking about Somali fraudsters FEMA, the TSA, and the Coast Guard

Friendly Fire

“People are starting to be held accountable. But I will say, look, Democrats got it wrong. Merrick Garland and Joe Biden did not act on this, and I think as Democrats we have to own that too.” —Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD)

Say What?

“I think we were trying to make the maps more gay. … You know, since the age of cartography, we’ve had pretty good maps, but maybe they weren’t gay enough. … I do understand that the maps that we were trying to make gay were, I think, of Czechia and Slovakia, so maybe those countries asked for it? I doubt it, but I don’t know.” —Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah B. Rogers reporting to Congress on Biden-era initiatives

Re: Iran

“The president is going after everything. It’s full speed ahead. They’re taking out targets most of us hadn’t thought about. There’s a huge target list out there and there’s no restrictions. And the president is right about winning.” —Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg

“Trump is trying to avoid any backlash generated by bad news by setting modest goals. … Trump’s goal appears to be to prevent leaders of adversary nations from doing bad things beyond their borders.” —Michael Barone

“Watch the pattern long enough and the conclusion becomes unavoidable. The left’s commitment to international law is not a commitment at all. It is a weapon — one designed with the West in mind and aimed squarely at the United States. … The architecture of international law was never neutral. It was designed to constrain the West while providing cover for everyone else.” —Erick Erickson

“Any person rambling on that Iran poses no existential threat to the United States is a delusional know-nothing. Iran has continuously posed a direct threat to America, in the Middle East and in our very own hemisphere. … There is no compromise, appeasement, negotiation, or certainly not acquiescence to the number one state sponsor of Islamic terrorism.” —Allen West

Upright

“I would rather preserve the America that we know and love so that my daughter and my son can grow up in that country as opposed to growing up in a world where they go to the mall in Dallas, Texas, and you see 90% of the people wearing burqas and speaking foreign languages.” —Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX)

And Last…

“Western society requires strong men. Either we raise — and value — strong, decent, principled men who live by and preserve Judeo-Christian cultural norms, or we will find ourselves at the mercy of strong but unprincipled men who will exploit our weaknesses.” —Laura Hollis