The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Alpha Jackass: “Now obviously nobody can predict exactly how many people will die if they lose their [health] coverage. … But what experts at the Harvard School of Public Health estimate is that if 23 million Americans were to be thrown off the insurance they currently have, which is what the House bill would do, up to 28,000 Americans every single year could die. That is nine times more than the tragic losses we suffered on 9/11, every single year.” —Bernie Sanders

Deplorables: “You know that, unfortunately — and I deplore this — the United States of America left the climate agreement, or rather announced their intention to do so.” —German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Non Compos Mentis: “[The Russia investigation is] now beyond obstruction of justice. … This is moving into perjury, false statements, and even into potentially treason.” —Tim Kaine

The bottom line: “In the heat of your father’s presidential campaign, a bozo British publicist e-mails you to set up a sitdown with a ‘Russian government attorney’ promising ‘documents and information’ to ‘incriminate Hillary’ courtesy of the ‘Crown prosecutor of Russia’ as ‘part of’ the Russian government’s ‘support’ for dad — and you eagerly take the meeting. … Democrats and the media are frothing to find something criminal in it all, with the most unhinged talking treason. What it clearly was, was criminally stupid.” —New York Post

For the record: “Here’s the truth: Trump isn’t a conspiratorial mastermind. He’s a man irked by empty criticisms and dedicated to kicking his enemies in their most vulnerable areas. Sometimes that looks like he’s reinforcing their theories. He isn’t. So long as the media insist that Trump is someone he isn’t, they’ll keep finding conspiracies that don’t fit the facts or the personality.” —Ben Shapiro

And last… “Unlike Hillary Clinton, the IRS or the State Department, at least Donald Trump Jr. can find his emails!” —Gary Bauer