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March 31, 2026

Tuesday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Brandon Johnson, Ayanna Pressley, Jane Fonda, Tom Homan, Mike Rowe, Clay Travis, and more.

Tone-Deaf

“We have to end the assaults against immigrants.” —Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (Sheridan Gorman could not be reached for comment.)

Braying Jenny

“ICE’s practices are very informed by slave patrols. The KKK cannot be reformed, and neither can this mass militia.” —Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)

Village Idiot

“I think black people in this country have experienced authoritarianism. I mean, Jim Crow — there were no rights for people who were black. This is the first time in the history of the United States that an authoritarian regime has broken through.” —actress Jane Fonda

Dumb & Dumber

“The world has over eight billion people. We no longer need to force people to procreate and pump out babies.” —"The View" co-host Sara Haines

“I think it’s just really reckless to be suggesting that people should have children when … there’s this affordability crisis.” —"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin

Dumbest Conservative Media Question on Iran

“Was the president fully briefed about the risks of all of this from the beginning? And was he then able to take it all in and understand … how complex it could actually get … the difficulty of dealing with these people? Or was he told this would be relatively quick — in and out?” —Laura Ingraham, who apparently has never been anywhere near a briefing room

Re: The Left

“I think we’d have to count this as a great success… They’ve now had three of these ‘No Kings’ demonstrations … and we don’t have any kings. So, they won. It’s been a wonderful success. There’s a certain absurdity about all of this because whatever you may say about Donald Trump … he’s not going to be king. And it’s all kind of absurd.” —journalist Brit Hume

“When you have these protests like this in the streets and people waving communist flags … I think most Americans turn away from that. … It’s all about the resistance to Trump and what he’s done.” —Brit Hume

For the Record

“If you want ICE to take the masks off, the threat level has to decrease. It’s up — 8,000% increase in threats against ICE officers — and that’s because [of] a lot of the rhetoric coming from [Capitol] Hill. Stop calling ICE ‘Nazis’ and ‘racists.’ Stop saying they’re going to shoot people inside the airports. That’s going to drive the threat level down, and we can talk about masks.” —Border Czar Tom Homan

Dirty Jobs, Honest Labor

“I am a tad butt hurt by the suggestion that skilled workers should never evolve into something new, and that competence is somehow limited to one vocation. … I get that Jimmy Kimmel might have a problem with [former plumber Markwayne] Mullin’s politics, but what possible objection could he have about the trajectory of his career, or his desire to do more than one thing with his life?” —Mike Rowe

“Before ascending to DHS secretary, Mullin was the only member of the U.S. Senate without a four-year college degree, which is considered a demerit by the same kind of people who tend to look down on plumbers. … In the scheme of things, that Mullin was a U.S. senator is greater reason to be suspicious or dismissive of him than that he once ran a plumbing business.” —Rich Lowry

Decency Is Out the Window

“Erika Kirk’s husband was assassinated in September. It’s March & a black comedian is putting on white face & mocking her in a video. Honest question, if a prominent black leader had been assassinated & a white comedian put on blackface & mocked his widow, what would happen?” —Clay Travis

And Last…

“In this Holy Week, President Trump and the First Lady are joining in prayer with Christians celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.” —White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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