Demagogue

“Now we’re at a point where affirmative action is gone, diversity is gone, equity gone, inclusion gone.” —House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

“The Supreme Court is a disgrace. And then in the new Congress, we’re going to have to do something about this Supreme Court. And let me be very clear, everything is on the table. Everything to deal with this corrupt MAGA majority.” —Hakeem Jeffries (“They’re so upset that SCOTUS (again) ended unconstitutional institutionalized racism, they’re threatening SCOTUS (again).” —Guy Benson)

Dumb & Dumber

“Much of what I said has been proven to be true.” —Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker regarding his previous assertions about Trump and Naziism

“Building this ballroom basically means you’re never leaving.” —"The View" cohost Whoopi Goldberg on Donald Trump

Conspiratorial Nonsense

“There’s just odd things that keep happening around Trump. … That surveillance that we have, none of it worked in that case? He just basically walks in with multiple guns and knives? It doesn’t make sense.” —podcaster Joy Reid, who never makes sense

Tasteless

“It was a tree that ended up making him a part of the DEI class. Just so y'all know, he is DEI … because he is uniquely abled. Or actually, he ain’t able.” —Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Delusions of Grandeur

“The level of disrespect that is continuously lobbed against us as black women… I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country. And for some reason, you think we on the same level, but you gonna disrespect me?” —Jasmine Crockett

Useful Idiot

“Our adversaries use rhetoric all the time.” —Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) dismissing Iranian chants of “Death to America”

Plain and Simple

“Any regime willing to kill 35,000 — and we think it might be more, 45,000 — of their own citizens in cold blood would most certainly be willing to use the most dangerous weapon in the world.” —Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

“America’s enemies do not share our view of morality, freedom and democracy. They are not coy about this but state their opposing views outwardly and regularly. Our mistake has been not to take them seriously, even when they demonstrate their resolve in the murder of their own people and other kinds of oppression.” —Cal Thomas

University Brainwashing

“Much has been made of the advanced education of the latest would-be assassin of President Donald Trump. … Education, by itself, is not the problem. The problem is something else: ideological certainty reinforced in environments where dissenting views are scarce. … What happens when smart people are surrounded mostly by others who think the same way? Often, it produces not wisdom, but moral certainty — an unshakable belief that one’s conclusions are not just correct, but righteous.” —Larry Elder

For the Record

“Firing [Jimmy Kimmel] for the Melania joke would be punishing the wrong offense. A tasteless, bad joke is not the central issue. The central issue is rhetoric that treats political opponents as criminals without proof, assigns monstrous motives without evidence, and creates a cultural climate where violence feels justified. If America wants to lower the temperature, scrutiny should be directed at conspiratorial storytelling that teaches people to hate.” —Ben Shapiro

Belly Laugh of the Day

“When you see how well our President gets along with King Charles and SO MANY other leaders it’s hard to imagine this country’s gotten into ELEVEN World Wars.” —Jimmy Failla