The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Pot Calling the Kettle Black

“I’d love a loyal opposition. I’d love a Republican Party that was conservative in some ways … but believed in Rule of Law and judicial independence and empirical evidence and science and wasn’t constantly tapping into our worst impulses.” —Barack Obama

“Don’t politicize our military. As president, you are commander-in-chief. You are responsible for directing our military. But there had been a whole series of norms that were in place to ensure that you weren’t trying to make that military loyal to you as opposed to the constitution and the people of the United States.” —Barack Obama

Delusions of Grandeur

“You look at somebody like [Zohran] Mamdani, who I think is an extraordinary talent…” —Barack Obama

Letting the Cat Out of the Bag

“[Illegal aliens] are one of the only ways that our state has been growing in recent years.” —California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter

It’s a Republic, Not a Democracy

“One thing that would make a huge difference is if we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes actually take the office instead of the national Electoral College.” —former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Re: The Left

“To the Democrats, every leading Republican, every conservative leader, every Trump appointee is a Nazi. The only guy who isn’t a Nazi is the Democrat Senate candidate in Maine, who has a Nazi tattoo. Who knew that the best way to prevent the Democrats from attacking someone as a Nazi was to get a Nazi tattoo?” —Gary Bauer

“Just try to imagine what the atmosphere in the country would be like if there were three assassination attempts against Barack Obama.” —Gary Bauer

“Democrats: ‘Undocumented immigrants don’t use Medicaid you racist idiots!’ Also Democrats: ‘Stop using Medicaid data to find undocumented immigrants!!’” —Nick Freitas

Friendly Fire

“Look, I think he is a moderate Democrat, and that should not be illegal in this party. … It just shows you how nutty things have gotten that somebody who wants to stick up for Israel and doesn’t want an open border somehow now has to be a Republican.” —CNN’s Van Jones defending Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman

“Everyone kept screaming crime was down in DC and that the rest of us were fearmongering. Meanwhile, folks were cooking the books. Crime is not down. DC has a problem. And no one better shut up about it. Carry on!” —former Biden White House staffer Yemisi Egbewole on news that Biden-era DC police were in fact suppressing crime statistics

For the Record

“When abortion advocates are forced to face the reality of abortion — including using the word ‘abortion’ — they wriggle and squirm and wrestle, because even they know the obvious evil that is at the heart of the brutal removal of a baby from his or her mother’s womb. If they truly believed that these ‘reproductive services’ were mere medical procedures akin to the removal of a tumor or a cyst, then why do they rely on euphemisms at all?” —Ian Haworth

“The social problems that abound in our nation today reflect the culture of Roe v Wade, which put choice of life on a plane with planning one’s next vacation.” —Star Parker

2A Is a First-Class Right

“The Supreme Court held in a 9-0 opinion in the Smith and Wesson case that the AR-15 is the most commonly owned and operated rifle in the United States. And so when you add that statistic to the ruling in the Bruen and Heller decisions, which talk about firearms that are in common use and for law-abiding citizens, that leads to the inexorable conclusion that the AR-15 is presumptively legal all over America.” —Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon

American Spirit

“My hope for America is what it’s always been. … We want it to continue to be the place where anyone from anywhere can achieve anything. Where you’re not limited by the circumstances of your birth, by the color of your skin, by your ethnicity, but frankly, it’s a place where you are able to overcome challenges and achieve your full potential. … As we come upon this 250-year anniversary, I think we have a lot to learn and be proud of in our history. It is one of perpetual and continuous improvement, where each generation has done its part to bring us closer to fulfilling the vision that the founders of this country had upon its founding.” —Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Belly Laugh of the Day

“Anytime a Democrat says they don’t know what a woman is, they’re lying. I know they’re lying because I’ve been in the Senate 14 years, and Joe Biden never sniffed Chuck Schumer’s hair.” —Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)