The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Race Bait

“We have to have reparations. … There can be no reconciliation without reparative justice. … If money can solve the problems for everybody else, it can solve some of our problems.” —Rep. Al Green (D-TX)

Bleeding Heart

“Why is the solution to all of these things, ‘How badly can we punish the teenager who did it?’ … Is the Metcalf family going to be better off because Karmelo Anthony gets the book thrown at him and they decide he’s a murderer?” —New York City radio host Peter Rosenberg

For the Record

“The Iranians are not receiving any cash, and no funds are being released for simply signing a deal or attending a meeting. The deal is structured to ensure that the US and its allies’ concerns are prioritized, and that if the Islamic Republic of Iran meets its obligations, then economic benefits will flow to them and to the entire region. This deal has the potential to remake the region and lead to lasting peace.” —Vice President JD Vance

If the Fraud Shoe Fits

“Voter rolls in LA county increased by 691,000 people since 2018 despite the county losing 366,600 residents… I can understand why people have serious questions about ballot harvesting, voter registration, and election results in LA county.” —Lydia Moynihan

Re: the Left

“No one in the current British or Irish political leadership has earnestly asked whether a government that imports the whole world, with inadequate vetting and nonexistent assimilation, bears some meaningful share of the culpability for the social fractures now detonating like dynamite all across the British Isles. Why bother with any introspection? Far easier to just blame the ‘fascist’ street thug menace. … At some point, the people who actually live with the consequences of the elite’s destructive policies cease asking permission to be heard. The answer is not to excuse violence but to take the underlying grievances seriously before the violence erupts in the first place.” —Josh Hammer

“[Graham] Platner is not a compelling organic candidate. He is a man who can play a part. Democrats have lost working-class voters to Republican populists, so they have become enamored with the idea of running someone who carries the aesthetic qualities of one. … But is the progressive impression of working-class ‘folks’ really that they get Nazi tattoos, fantasize about rape and murder, and cheat on their wives? Because that seems like an insulting stereotype.” —David Harsanyi

Hopeful Signs

“One good sign of growing antidotes is that increasingly Americans, and indeed all Westerners, are saying no to green haranguers, no to the gender and sex demagogues, no to the race-baiting industry, no to the open-borders conglomerate, and no to ungrateful immigrants. Their pushback might be summed up as follows: ‘We are no longer going to allow you to destroy ancient traditions that ensured our prosperity, security, and liberty, and which were handed down to us by generations far better than your own.’” —Victor Davis Hanson

Belly Laugh of the Day

“You don’t have to wish me a happy birthday because I’m not happy about that birthday that I’m having. That’s a number that I never thought really too much about. It’s not a number I like.” —President Donald Trump on his 80th birthday