The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Upright: “Next time someone labels your opposition to mass immigration ‘racist’ or ‘xenophobic,’ tell them you are equally opposed to New Yorkers immigrating to Florida and Californians immigrating to Arizona. And for the same reason: They bring with them the very values that caused them to flee. The only difference is Latin Americans are largely unaware of what they are doing; New Yorkers, Californians and other leftists who move to conservative states know exactly what they’re doing: voting for the government policies from which they fled.” —Dennis Prager

Observations: “‘Force’ is not a mandate that children who enter public school get vaccinated. ‘Force’ is the exposure of the public, without their consent, to life-threatening diseases that modern medicine figured out how to eradicate half a century ago.” —Tiana Lowe

For the record: “Running ethanol through your vehicle’s fuel system is a poor idea at any time. The fuel burns hotter while producing less energy by volume than gasoline. It also eats into the fuel lines and other components of older vehicles and small engines or marine motors. But during the summer, the exhaust from burning ethanol blends during hot weather has been shown to significantly contribute to smog problems in densely populated areas.” —Jazz Shaw on the EPA’s proposal to allow year-round sales of E15

Non Compos Mentis: “It’s something. Something that’s sticky that’s stuck to my car and took two different solutions to get it off.” —South Carolina Mayor Darnell McPherson, who reported a “hate crime” because her car had been covered with a sticky yellow substance. Police determined it was pollen.

The BIG Lie: “All I wanted was to get to the truth. All I wanted was to give the truth. … I pride myself on being fair.” —lesbian black ABC “Journalist” Robin Roberts regarding her “beautiful” interview with homosexual black hate-hoaxer Jussie Smollett

Freudian slip: “You have to persuade enough of the opposition party voters, Trump voters … that you’re not just trying to steal the last — to reverse the results of the last election.” —Jerry Nadler on launching phase two of the Demo “Obstruct Trump” crusade

Friendly fire: “Maybe I’m missing something, but the hazard of an omnibus document demand by House judiciary versus discreet, serial ones is that … the wide-ranging nature of it … too easily plays into the ‘witch-hunt’ meme.” —former Obama strategist David Axelrod

And last… “‘(Crooked) Hillary Clinton confirms she will not run in 2020, rules out a third bid for White House.’ Aw-shucks, does that mean I won’t get to run against her again? She will be sorely missed!” —Donald Trump