The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Hot Air

“You can’t call yourself a Christian and destroy God’s creation with greenhouse gases.” —Texas Democrat Senate hopeful James Talarico in 2024

Shameful

“Ultimately, we want to make sure that every community member that calls Providence home feels safe. … This mural behind us does not reflect Providence’s values.” —Rhode Island State Rep. David Morales (D) on the removal of a mural honoring Iryna Zarutska

Rules for Thee but Not for Me

“They should get paid. But also, it’s kinda written into the Constitution that you can’t use the pay of representatives as a leverage point on how to get policy done.” —Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) explaining why TSA agents can be forced to work without pay, but he can’t

Re: The Left

“The violence in Minneapolis was not a legitimate cause for one party to lash out wildly, imposing punishment on, of all things, the nation’s air travelers and the people who keep the air system safe. What sense does that make?” —Byron York

“Birthright citizenship, as liberals understand it — and as they hope the Supreme Court will uphold it — leads to absurdities, and worse. It incentivizes and rewards lawbreaking by granting the invaluable prize of American citizenship to the children of people who enter this country in knowing violation of our laws. It gives foreign powers easy access to America’s domestic politics, through the full rights of citizens.” —Daniel McCarthy

For the Record

“The state of Colorado has now lost at the Supreme Court on cases where they tried to force a Christian baker to bake a cake for a gay wedding, force a Christian web designer to make gay wedding websites, and ban a Christian counselor from telling a boy he is not a girl. Maybe they should consider just leaving Christians alone.” —Greg Price

“To illustrate the total absurdity of Justice Jackson, she ruled last year that states do not have the right to ban child sex changes, but ruled today that states do have the right to ban counselors from telling boys they are not girls.” —Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX)

Re: Operation Epic Fury

“Members of the Trump administration should stop predicting when the Iran War will end and explain the goal of the religiously fanatical regime that appears to remain in control of the country despite the killing of many of its leaders and the destruction of its Navy, Air Force and other critical targets. … President Trump should deliver a nationally televised address, explaining why the Iranian ruling regime must be completely destroyed or they will eventually develop nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them, not only on Israel but also on the United States.” —Cal Thomas

“You don’t have much of an alliance if you have countries that are not willing to stand with you when you need them.” —Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on NATO

Belly Laugh of the Day

“My 90 year old neighbor has no kids or grandkids and we just found out he’s developing dementia. As his legal guardians, we’re now forced to have the difficult discussion about which NO KINGS protest to send him to.” —Jimmy Failla