The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Friendly fire: “Most often delusions are harmless. Sometimes they are not. At the moment my fellow Democrats are suffering from two that are harmful. The first is that Americans long for a president who will ask us to pay more for the pleasure of increasing the role of the federal government in our lives. … The second Democratic delusion is that Americans were robbed of the truth when Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr concluded that President Trump did not collude with Russia in 2016.” —former Nebraska Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey

Braying Jenny: “I want to address a serious oversight matter: your unacceptable handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. … I must say, it is extraordinary to evaluate hundreds of pages of evidence, legal documents, and finding[s] based on a 22-month-long inquiry and make definitive legal conclusions in less than 48 hours. Even for someone who has done this job before, I would argue it’s more suspicious than impressive.” —Rep. Nita Lowey berating Attorney General William Barr

If by “constitutional” you mean unconstitutional: “I’m the only candidate calling for a mandatory national ban and buyback of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons. It’s bold and will cost money, but it is constitutional and it rightly treats gun violence as a life-or-death matter.” —Rep. Eric Swalwell

The BIG Lie: “How climate change is forcing vulnerable children into sex trafficking.” —Associated Press headline

Braying Jackass: “We have to be a state that is not only friendly to business. We’ve got to be friendly to the women who work in these businesses. You should not have to worry about your ability to control your bodily autonomy because the governor has pushed such an abominable and evil bill that is so restrictive. It’s not only bad for morality and our humanity, it’s bad for business.” —Stacey Abrams literally calling Georgia’s life-saving fetal-heartbeat legislation “evil”

Nominal Christianity: “Just because you are LGBTQ doesn’t mean it’s okay to discriminate against you. I think most people get that. I think most Christians get that. And it’s time for us to move on toward a more inclusive and more humane vision of faith than what this vice president represents.” —South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg

And last… “Buttigieg not only decided his struggle was not about sin, but that God made him that way. And now he is attacking Christians like Mike Pence for maintaining Biblical orthodoxy instead of rejecting it like he has. … He is … hiding behind ‘God made me this way’ instead of recognizing all men are fallen. No sin is immutable. Buttigieg has decided his sin is and, in trying to reconcile his faith to his sexuality, has departed from orthodoxy in determining his sin is therefore not sin despite the very plain and clear teachings of scripture.” —Erick Erickson