The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

For the record: “It’s not realistic to think that people will simply stop using fertilizer, running cargo ships, building offices, or flying airplanes. Nor is it fair to ask developing countries to curtail their growth for the sake of everyone else.” —Bill Gates on the $93 trillion Green New Deal

Non Compos Mentis: “Republican politicians just tried (and failed) again to score political points at the expense of women. Enough. Women and their doctors should decide what’s best for their health — not the @SenateGOP.” —Elizabeth Warren (“Explain what women’s health has to do with protecting an ALREADY-BORN CHILD.” —Ben Shapiro*)

Grim reaper: “As a mother to a one-year-old, I am disgusted by [Donald Trump’s] lies that aim to stoke fear and division. I know his true intention: to shame women, limit our access to health care, and take away our rights.” —Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen slamming the president for saying of the Senate’s failed measure blocking infanticide, “If there is one thing we should all agree on, it’s protecting the lives of innocent babies.”

The BIG Lie: “There is no such thing as abortion until or after birth. Trump’s position on abortion is so extreme that he lies to the American public to incite fear & violence against women making personal decisions & abortion providers trying to provide their patients the best care possible.” —Planned Parenthood Action

The BIG Lie II: “This is not necessarily the top country if you’re going to be born poor to get out. And that’s actually an assault on the very idea of the American dream.” —Cory Booker

Is there anything it can’t do? “A $15 minimum wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A diet. A stress reliever. It is a contraceptive, preventing teenage pregnancy. It prevents premature death. It shields children from neglect.” —New York Times magazine’s Matthew Desmond

Braying Jenny: “I don’t recall [using that slur]. … I don’t recall much of that evening. … I’m sure I have [used that slur]. … I’m sure everyone has used it.” —Maryland Del. Mary Ann Lisanti (D) apologizing for allegedly telling a colleague he was in a “n—er district”

Braying Jenny II: “I’ve been struck a couple times by the denial of humanity of many of these families and children. When the issue is framed as an invasion by aliens and when we refer to children as UACs [unaccompanied alien children], it’s easier to pretend that they’re not human and worthy of compassion. … Just following orders is no more an excuse today than it was back in Germany.” —Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) on Border Patrol agents

Race bait: “When you talk about him calling African countries s—thole countries; when you talk about him referring to immigrants as rapists and murderers — I don’t think you can reach any other conclusion.” —Kamala Harris insisting that Donald Trump is a racist

And last… “The only response to any Democrat argument from now on should be: ‘You support the murder of infants.’ That point undermines everything they say and every position they take. It means they cannot be taken seriously on any topic, at all, ever again.” —Matt Walsh