The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

The BIG Lie

“Why are we spending so much money on these detention centers that are holding people that never committed a crime?” —Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) on illegal aliens

Praetorian Guard

“[Bari Weiss] is murdering ‘60 Minutes.’ She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that.” —"60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley, who was subsequently fired

Spin Doctor

“We got a housing crisis. People can’t afford healthcare, they can’t afford groceries, they can’t afford to fill up their gas tanks. And I think it’s important for us to focus on the issues facing working families a little bit more than Graham Platner’s marriage.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist-VT)

Non Compos Mentis

“We need a de-MAGAfication. … I’m not going over the top by using a word that is very similar to the de-Nazification that we pursued successfully after World War II in Germany,” —economist Paul Krugman

Dumb & Dumber

“The doctors told me [Joe Biden] was fine. I’m not a doctor. I mean, I am a doctor.” —"Dr.“ Jill Biden

"We’re celebrating Pride Month in the gayest city of the world.” —Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser

Re: The Left

“The desire to create ‘anti-racist policing’ has resulted in an innocent white kid bleeding to death in handcuffs because the violent foreigner who stabbed him claimed that he did something racist.” —Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) on the death of Henry Nowak, which is sparking protests in the UK

“Incompetence does not cause thousands of people to sleep on city streets. Incompetence does not allow drug deals to take place in broad daylight in front of schools. That kind of decline is intentional. It is meant to demoralize us by creating the impression that we are not great, that there’s something terribly wrong with us. It’s an effort to degrade normalcy.” —Gary Bauer

“During Vietnam, it took years before opposition to the conflict morphed into outright rooting for Communist North Vietnam. This time it took Democrats about 48 hours to start cheering for Iran. That raises an important question, which I hope Americans will ask themselves in the days and weeks ahead: In a dangerous world, is there anyone in the Democrat Party they would trust with our national security?” —Gary Bauer

Political Futures

“The fact that California elections often can’t be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world.” —election analyst Nate Silver

“One of the big differences between support for Paxton and Platner is that the primary in Texas is over, and the GOP has now rallied to Paxton. The primary in Maine has not yet happened, and Democrats have already rallied to the Nazi turned Commie sex pest over the incumbent Democrat Governor. … The GOP actually spent millions trying to stop Paxton and only settled for him after he won the runoff.” —Erick Erickson

“Are Democrats outraged about Graham Platner’s sexting scandal? Or are they alarmed that stories … about the candidate keep dropping and they’re finally deciding to distance themselves?” —Lydia Moynihan

And Last…

“All over the West —and it’s kind of crazy— is this idea that the way to generate prosperity is to bring in millions and millions of unvetted people and drop them into your neighborhoods. And we simply reject that idea.” —Vice President JD Vance