The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Facepalm
“This is not akin to what Donald Trump was talking about.” —New Jersey Senator Andy Kim regarding the 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote in his state

“This other crap about … noncitizens are on our voter rolls or that they’re voting is complete BS.” —Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar

For the Record
“Democrats can’t keep coming on TV and saying, ‘This never happens. There are not undocumented immigrants voting in elections.’ Well, here’s case one of it happening. It’s happening in New Jersey. Guess it’s happening in other states as well.” —David Urban

Race Bait
“I’m Hispanic. I look very Hispanic. I [have] a Hispanic last name. Why should I have to prove that I’m a U.S. citizen when people who are white never get questioned about this at all? To me, how is that fair at all?” —California Congressman Gil Cisneros regarding voter ID (Republicans support universal — not race-based — voter ID.)

Belly Laugh of the Day
“It does take a long time to count votes in California, but that’s because we want to get it right.” —Gil Cisneros

Demagogues
“The only thing Republicans are trying to ‘SAVE’ is their hold on power — after they FAILED the American people by raising costs, slashing care and rubber-stamping a war of choice.” —California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi

“Under President Biden’s administration, we screwed up the border. We let way too many people in without any system. But screwing up the border and fixing that does not mean you give license to a bunch of masked characters, many of which couldn’t even get a job in the sheriff’s office or the police department.” —Virginia Senator Mark Warner

Non Compos Mentis
“The radical thing is not the idea that we should decrease our incarcerated population.” —NYC DSA Co-Chair Grace Mausser

“I think if you enjoy crossdressing you should probably do that at home, not bring it to work, but I also want to say that there are so many cynical politicians who are using our LGBTQ community to grandstand, to score political points, to demonize and to weaponize.” —Texas Senate candidate James Talarico

The BIG Lie
“We need to undo the horrible things that the big ugly bill, as I call it, is doing to everyday Americans.” —California congressional candidate Marni Von Wilpert

Godwin’s Law
“We need to elect more people … to sit at the table and fight like hell against this fascist, racist regime.” —Michigan congressional candidate Donavan McKinney

Friendly Fire
“[Zohran Mamdani] is a total clown. I mean, he has the authority to arrest [Benjamin] Netanyahu [no] more than I would have the authority to arrest him … if he visited down in Washington, DC. You’re a mayor, dude. Pick up trash, fix some potholes, and really fix the homeless problem in your city. You’re way out of your league. … It’s just for clicks at this point. … It’s just pandering to the DSA communists and his friends in New York.” —Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman

Socialism Exegesis
“The far left in this country is mostly made up of people who spent a ton on their degrees and can’t make back what they spent. As a result, they hate capitalism.” —Clay Travis

Upright
“Christians do not measure policies by their INTENTIONS; they measure policies by their OUTCOMES. It does not matter if the INTENTION of a policy is to ‘solve poverty’ or ‘care for the poor.’ If its OUTCOME is to create poverty and multiply the poor, it is evil.” —pastor Josh Howerton

“Jesus really cares about how you treat your wife and He really cares about how you treat your kids, but He also cares about everything else. … You can’t just confine your faith to these narrow little slices of society or of culture or of your own life.” —Vice President JD Vance

The Bottom Line
“When Iran is nominated to the UN committee responsible for shaping UN priorities on human rights and counterterrorism, clearly, the United Nations has a credibility problem. When Iran is selected as the vice president for the United Nations’ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, again, the United Nations has a serious credibility problem. … When UNRWA, the UN’s relief organization in the Middle East, puts Hamas operatives on its payroll, the United Nations has a serious credibility problem.” —Florida Congressman Brian Mast

And Last…
“When you put whatever adjectives in front of communism, in front of socialism, it doesn’t change its nature. It is still communism. It’s still socialism.” —Chinese immigrant Xi Van Fleet