July 14, 2026

Tuesday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Donald Trump, Hasan Piker, Steve Schmidt, Ben Shapiro, Jennifer Welch, Zohran Mamdani, Mark Alexander, and more.

Rest in Peace

“We lost a great person, a kind person, a very smart person. … He was a great politician. … Everything for him was about work. It was about loving the country.” —President Donald Trump on the late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham

Showing Their True Colors

“Lindsey Graham, in a long list of demonic entities, was exceptionally bloodthirsty. A bloodthirsty odious monster who loved war.” —Twitch streamer Hasan Piker

“For me, there was a Lindsey before Trump and a Lindsey after Trump … Honestly, I felt like I had buried Lindsey when John McCain died.” —The View’s Ana Navarro

“Bye, Lindsey Graham. From the closet to the coffin — real seamless. … So, it’s Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham — it does happen in threes. Hope.” —"comedian" Margaret Cho

“Lindsey Graham just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” —political pundit Brian Krassenstein

“Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power and his decency for attention.” —Lincoln Project cofounder Steve Schmidt

Race Bait

“Lindsey Graham Had a Complicated Relationship With Black Voters.” —New York Times headline

For the Record

“All the worst people you know agree on one thing. The far Left, the groyper Right, and Iranian state television are all celebrating the death of Lindsey Graham. Same posts. Same glee. The horseshoe has become a wedding ring.” —Ben Shapiro

Projection

“This is a party of poverty. This is a party of sickness. This is a party of child sex crimes. And this is a pro-death cult.” —podcaster Jennifer Welch on the Republicans

False Equivalence

“Susan Collins is a domestic terrorist. Her policies terrorize citizens of this country. Women all over the country do not have the right to abortion in all of these red states because she voted for somebody who was accused, Brett Kavanaugh, of the exact same thing that Graham Platner is accused of.” —Jennifer Welch

Feigning Ignorance

“For me, the line always was sexual assault or sexual violence, and as soon as that came out, I was the first person to withdraw my endorsement [of Graham Platner]. … We all need to see the signs earlier of people who may engage in domestic violence. Look, I wasn’t the only one. You had Planned Parenthood. You had Senator [Elizabeth] Warren. You had the entire Democratic Party. But I did get that call wrong.” —California Congressman Ro Khanna

Braying Jenny

“The political structures that I have to work in, that we are surrounded by, was [sic] built on slavery and genocide and rape and oppression.” —Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

Demagogues

“We have to disband ICE. We have to melt ICE. We have to abolish ICE. … ICE should not exist as it exists.” —Washington Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

“We want to attract more tourism, and I think we could do that if we were spending these tax dollars wisely, not wasting them on a useless [border] wall.” —Texas Senate candidate James Talarico

Fact-Check, Please

“It is precisely because we love this nation that we will not leave it. After all, who loves America more than those who have sacrificed so much to make it free?” —New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Mamdani has no record of sacrifice on behalf of our nation.)

And Last…

“For comparison, Mamdani’s NYC budget for 8.5 million is $125 billion, including salaries for 300,000 bureaucrats. Meanwhile, the state of Florida — well managed and on solid financial ground — has a budget of $118 billion for 24 million residents. I am sure Mamdani’s Marxists and Islamists will fix it!” —Mark Alexander

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