The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Insight: “There is no such entity as ‘the public’ — since the public is merely a number of individuals — the idea that ‘the public interest’ supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others.” —Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

Belly laugh of the week: “Trump’s failure to tweet about FartGate is perhaps the greatest disappointment in the history of American politics.” —Matt Walsh

For the record: “They’re trying to remove a president for having a better foreign policy than Barack Obama and Joe Biden.” —House Minority Whip Steve Scalise

The BIG Lie: “I think there is, of course, no deep state. There is no resistance within the bureaucracy across government agencies pushing against this president.” —former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe

Braying jenny: “Stephen Miller has just been exposed as frankly a neo-Nazi and a white supremacist. He was citing eugenics as the rationale for our policy in the southern border and Donald Trump clearly thinks that, clearly believes in eugenics, given the fact that he has put and maintained Stephen Miller in a position of power after these revelations.” —Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who supports the eugenicist-founded Planned Parenthood

Village idiot: “Unless you are a homophobe, [Pete Buttigieg is] married in a very traditional marriage.” —Joy Behar

Tone deaf: “A fact of American politics that everyone should recognize going forward: our political institutions are not designed to work amidst a party abandoning all sense of constitutional responsibility and serving only short-term political interests.” —Vox’s Ezra Klein

Non compos mentis: “There’s no one way to be a man. Men who get their periods are men. Men who get pregnant and give birth are men. Trans and non-binary men belong. #InternationalMensDay” —ACLU

And last… “Lectures from Democrats on the Constitution are quite interesting.” —David Limbaugh