The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

From the Loony Left
“Do I support reparations? Absolutely. I’m the only candidate in the race that will say that.” —Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon

“It’s not radical, it’s not extreme, to want to make sure that we end for-profit prisons. What’s wrong with that? Because all they want is cheap labor, or free labor — modern-day slavery, right?” —Angie Nixon

“[Florida] is not red. The state has just not been invested in by Democrats.” —Angie Nixon

“There is not a place I stop where people don’t tell me, ‘Look, I voted for Donald Trump three times and I’m voting for you.’” —Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed

“The terror that ICE is causing in our communities … was only possible because of the Laken Riley Act. I would never have supported such a racist and xenophobic act.” —New Hampshire Senate candidate Karishma Manzur

“We are a country of immigrants, and yet we’ve never welcomed the immigrants.” —Karishma Manzur

“I do see expanding the [Supreme] Court as a potential means to an end of getting it under control. … We need to play to win.” —New Hampshire Senate candidate Maxwell Saal

“[Donald Trump] is also planning on stealing the election. That’s what the SAVE America Act is all about.” —Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey

“It’s easier to get an AR-15 in the United States than it is to get an abortion.” —New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill

“The biggest threat I see to the United States right now is not the religion of Islam; it’s fundamental Christianity.” —political pundit Jennifer Welch

From the Reasonable Right
“Socialism does not work. Communism does not work. … There’s a reason people flee socialism. There’s not many people fleeing the United States of America because of the opportunities that this country provides.” —New York Congressman Mike Lawler

“Congressman Byron Donalds cruised to the [Florida] gubernatorial nomination, as expected. And James Fishback, the hyper-online young investor running on an at-times overtly racist platform, finished a very distant third. The sordid Fishback was endorsed by Tucker Carlson and much of the antisemites of ‘Podcastistan,’ but that didn’t amount to much when the votes were cast. The internet, it turns out, really isn’t real life.” —Josh Hammer

“If we do not even comprehend the nature of our founding, it is quite simple to fall for the ruses of others. … America requires an astute, educated, and engaged population of citizens. However, there are those cold, timid souls who prefer to be subjects and would surrender their essential liberty, and all of ours, in order to fall into the false belief of security.” —Allen West

“These same authorities that the president has used to secure our border, President Biden could have done the same thing, but he chose not to. And so every single death … that has occurred by an illegal that was released into this country underneath the Biden administration, every one of those [was] 100% preventable. And the Biden administration turned a blind eye.” —DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin

“A recent poll in this country showed people would rather have nuclear power plants in their backyards than data centers. I want both. We need both to control the future because, if we do not, China will control the future and curate all our information.” —Erick Erickson