The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Can’t Fix Stupid

“This tragedy is not going to deter us from our work. In fact, it’s going to challenge us all to double down.” —Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson regarding Sheridan Gorman, who was murdered by an illegal alien

Demagogue

“People ask why I push back so hard on Donald Trump. It’s simple: Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.” —IL Gov. JB Pritzker

Lord Have Mercy

Q: “Would you guys vote for Gavin Newsom in 2028?” —journalist Nick Shirley

A: “I’d vote for him because he got me released from a life sentence. … He signed off saying I’m fit for society. So, yes, I would vote for Gavin Newsom. I was locked up for murder, carjacking, and robbery.” —a California resident

For the Record

“We’re very disappointed with NATO, because NATO has done absolutely nothing. … I said 25 years ago that NATO’s a paper tiger, but, more importantly, that we’ll come to their rescue, but they will never come to ours. And I want you to remember that we said this: They didn’t come to our rescue.” —President Donald Trump on NATO’s lack of support with Iran

“A couple of the leaders in Europe … said that this was not Europe’s war. Well, Ukraine is not America’s war — and yet we’ve contributed more to that fight than any other country in the world.” —Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Re: The Left

“It is breathtaking that the American media, which enjoy more press freedom than virtually any other media in the world, have such disdain for the country they live in and disdain for anybody who wants to protect and preserve it. Whole psychology books could be written about this self-destructive impulse.” —Gary Bauer

“The Left is on the horns of a dilemma. It was one thing to erase a liberal jurist like Earl Warren or a progressive president like Woodrow Wilson, given that they were white guys whose alleged sins came from their ‘privilege’ as white males. But what does the Left do in these cases of intersectional conflicts of interest, when a noble male of color is accused of violating noble women of color, and there is not a white male oppressor to be found amid this sordid mess?” —Victor Davis Hanson on the exposure of Cesar Chavez as a serial sexual abuser

Law and Order

“NO ENGLISH, NO LICENSE! 17,000 TRUCKERS pulled OUT OF SERVICE for failing to pass our English language proficiency test. And we will continue to take dangerous foreign drivers OFF THE ROAD.” —Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy

Might Not Have Thought That Through

“The Nashville Predators have changed their logo to a gay pride flag. Tonight they are Gay Predators.” —Clay Travis on a hockey team’s ill-advised adoption of Rainbow Mafia symbology