The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The Gipper: “The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.”

Braying Jenny: “If we want to get to the point where we can get reparations, we’ve got to have the power to do that, Number 1, by having a supportive president would be wonderful, but taking back the House would be absolutely wonderful.” —Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)

No, they don’t: “Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus. Some men have a uterus.” —Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky

Non Compos Mentis: “Certainly somebody who’s 18, 19, 20 years old shouldn’t be able to purchase … gas-assisted receiver firearms when they can’t buy a simple handgun.” —Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

And how’d that work out in Iran? “The accessibility of guns leads to homicide; it’s created problems for a country like [the] U.S. … No one dares apply the clear solution to the promotion of guns and homicide in America. What’s the solution? It’s to make guns illegal.” —Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei

Village Idiots: “I think that, you know, we’re the entertainment industry. At some point, there has to be a separation between politics and the entertainment industry or we’re going to suffer.” —actress Jennifer Lawrence, who promptly added, “I think the problem is guns, not the entertainment industry”

Re: the Left: “Of course I have my opinion about everybody and everything. But I learned a long time ago, keep your damn mouth shut if you want to stay in show business. I’m not in politics. I am an entertainer.” —Dolly Parton

And last… “The reason people are frustrated when celebrities talk about gun control, open borders, higher taxes, etc., isn’t because their job excludes them from having an opinion. It’s because their opinions are so hypocritical.” —Allie Stuckey