The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

The BIG Lie

“Under the SAVE Act, you cannot use your driver’s license to register to vote. Republicans want you to buy a passport instead. If you can afford one. This is a modern-day poll tax.” —Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) (“The text beginning on page 12, line 22 makes abundantly clear that what you’re saying isn’t true.” —Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee)

Dumb & Dumber

“The Trump Administration needs to stop politicizing heinous tragedies.” —Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s office regarding Sheridan Gorman, who was murdered in cold blood by an illegal alien from Venezuela

“I made the difficult decision to vote for [the Laken Riley Act]. … Supporting any bill that gives ICE new authority in this administration was the wrong decision. And I regret my vote.” —Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN)

For the Record

“Even though Iran failed in an attempt to hit our airbase on Diego Garcia with ballistic missiles, we now know they have increased their reach. Virtually every European capital is now within range of Iranian missiles. … Iran has also shown that it has been building layers of offensive weapons, the only purpose of which is to choke the world’s economies.” —Gary Bauer

“Strong deterrence means credible deterrence. That means an enemy must believe you are willing to use your strength. When an enemy doesn’t believe it, it fails. Iran has doubted our willingness fully to use ours for decades. I doubt they believe that now.” —Brit Hume

“Militarily, we’ve pretty well won this. The thing we have to watch out for … is you win the war, then you have to make sure that you also win the peace. … The media coverage has been atrocious in the sense that it has taken a negative view at every turn. And so the president has to confront that as well — a challenging atmosphere, but one … with real opportunity.” —Brit Hume

Re: The Left

“Even someone with a rudimentary understanding of economics should know that if you tax a business or individual beyond their level of tolerance, they will pack up and leave the state for one with lower or no state income tax. … [This] should be no surprise except to those Democrat politicians who are in denial and can’t help themselves when it comes to squeezing more money out of successful individuals and businesses.” —Cal Thomas

Political Futures

“Republicans should endorse a ‘no price, no pay’ policy that says that if patients attest to the fact that they never saw the bill, they don’t have to pay for it. This is a model of patient choice and market flexibility in making critically important health care decisions that could turn the medical establishment on its head.” —Stephen Moore

And Last…

“We don’t have Election Day anymore. We have election month, or we have election months.” —Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito