The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The Gipper: “The Founding Fathers knew a government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing.”

Braying Jackass: “We’re not supposed to be the story; that’s not why I’m out there.” —CNN’s Jim Acosta, who routinely makes himself the story

Censorship: “Infowars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies that uses sites like Facebook and YouTube to tear our nation apart. These companies must do more than take down one website. The survival of our democracy depends on it.” —Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Haters gonna hate: “Look, I think these guys are bad guys. … And if they went away, you know, I would offer my thoughts and prayers.” —New York Demo Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the NRA

Yep, he’s tone-deaf: “Tennessee Democrat Phil Bredesen, a Harvard University-educated man worth up to $358 million and the owner of five homes, has diagnosed his party with an ‘elitist’ problem.” —The Washington Free Beacon

Huh? “The whole country is further left than Congress. The whole country. The electorate is way further left than Congress, and we have low voter turnout.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Non Compos Mentis: “Americans have the sticker shock of health care as it is, and what we’re also not talking about is why aren’t we incorporating the cost of all the funeral expenses of those who died because they can’t afford access to health care? That is part of the cost of our system.” —Ocasio-Cortez

And last… “Hey, by the way, a group of Muslims set up a compound in an American state where they trained a bunch of kids to carry out school shootings. This actually happened in real life and should be the biggest news story of the month, if not the year.” —Matt Walsh