The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

The Gipper: “We are the showcase of the future. And it is within our power to mold that future — this year and for decades to come. It can be as grand and as great as we make it. No crisis is beyond the capacity of our people to solve; no challenge too great.” —Ronald Reagan

For the record: “Biden is claiming that he asked Obama not to endorse him. Call me skeptical. There’s no way Biden would have turned down Obama’s endorsement. If there is any truth to that story, it is most likely that Biden asked Obama not to endorse anyone at all, like Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg or Beto O'Rourke — all of whom are angling to be ‘the next Obama.’” —Gary Bauer

Belly laugh of the week: “Kamala Harris doesn’t seem to have the courage to concede that owning a handgun for protection is a bad idea. Instead, she has given voters a real choice: Back candidates who care enough about gun control to not own handguns, or support the only major Democratic contender who has one and won’t throw it away.” —Peter Funt in a USA Today op-ed titled, “Kamala Harris owns a handgun. That’s disqualifying for a 2020 Democrat in my book.”

Three thousand Americans died at the hands of Islamists. And you’re afraid of us? “I was probably [in] my second year [of] law school when 9/11 happened. And … I was really terrified of what was going to happen to my husband, who’s only a green-card holder at the time. I immediately called my brothers and told them to be very careful who you hang out with, telling my sisters, you know, just be real careful out there, and being really afraid of my fellow Americans.” —Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who is Muslim

The BIG Lie: “Family-planning clinics — Planned Parenthood, to be specific — in Texas is saving the lives of our fellow women, and it’s a life-and-death matter in this country.” —Beto O'Rourke


Hyper hypocrisy: “My heart is breaking after today’s deadly shooting at Chabad Congregation in San Diego — on the last day of Passover and 6 months to the day after the Tree of Life shooting. We as a nation must confront the terrifying rise of religious hate and violence. Love trumps hate. … Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism are two sides of the same bigoted coin. Let us stand together as Americans in rejecting hate!” —anti-Semite Rep. Ilhan Omar

And last… “Rep. Omar’s tweet condemns only ‘religious hate’ while the biggest increase is in crimes targeting Jews. This is hardly a full-throated condemnation of anti-Semitism, especially since the number of Muslims in America is increasing much more rapidly than the population of Jews, while the hate crimes against Jews are increasing far more rapidly than against Muslims.” —Steve Berman