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March 19, 2020

Thursday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Gary Bauer, National Review, Hillary Clinton, and more.

Re: The Left: “Scientists tell us that many species are dying off. Another is on the verge of extinction — the pro-life House Democrat. Tuesday night, Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), a genuinely moderate pro-life Democrat, lost his primary to a left-wing candidate endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. According to Gallup, 29% of Democrats self-identify as ‘pro-life.’ But after Tuesday’s primaries, there may be only one pro-life Democrat left in the House. That doesn’t sound very ‘representative’ to me.” —Gary Bauer

Editorial exegesis: “There is a long history of attaching geographic names to diseases. If the present instances are unfair to the Chinese people, who have suffered massively from the outbreak, a better name would be ‘Xi’s disease.’ Indeed, we do not blame the Chinese people for the fact that a novel coronavirus cropped up in Wuhan. We blame the government in Beijing for making the problem dramatically worse by trying to cover it up, for its ridiculous efforts to try to shift blame for the epidemic onto the United States and others, and for its ongoing attempts to veil its own shameful incompetence by expelling journalists from the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.” —National Review

Non compos mentis: “Can we talk about 1 of the few topics I may actually know too much about: homicide? Specifically, whether Donald Trump may have criminal exposure for some level of negligent homicide or voluntary/involuntary manslaughter for the way he’s mishandled the Coronavirus crisis. … I’m trying to assimilate all available evidence (rapidly developing and being reported every day) to fairly assess whether Trump and his administration may have acted/failed to act in a way that could give rise to homicide liability. … ALL criminal charges will have to be investigated and, if the evidence dictates it, prosecuted come Jan. 2021.” —MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner

Braying jenny: “I think there is nobody here that does not want Donald Trump to be defeated.” —CNN commentator Alexandra Rojas

Alpha jackass: “F—k a National day of prayer, we need immediate comprehensive action.” —anti-Second Amendment leftist David Hogg, whose social-media post was retweeted by Rep. Rashida Tlaib

Race bait: “The president is turning to racist rhetoric to distract from his failures to take the coronavirus seriously early on, make tests widely available, and adequately prepare the country for a period of crisis.” —Hillary Clinton

Big Brother: “A one or two time check isn’t good enough — the government must tell every small and mid-sized business owner that we’ll cover 100% of their payroll if they don’t lay off anyone during this crisis.” —Bernie Sanders

Well okay then: “I’m dealing with a f—king global crisis.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders answering a question about when he might drop out

And last… “China tried to say at one point … that [COVID-19] was caused by American soldiers. That can’t happen. It’s not going to happen — not as long as I’m president. It comes from China.” —President Donald Trump

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