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May 18, 2020

Monday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Ronald Reagan, AOC, Barack Obama, and more.

Insight: “Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.” —Ronald Reagan

For the record: “Everything does not depend on a vaccine.” —Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar

Upright: “We already have more compelling evidence that the Obama administration engaged in misconduct than we ever did for opening the Russian-collusion investigation.” —David Harsanyi

Non compos mentis: “The Green New Deal is a non-binding resolution of values. It does not have a price tag or CBO score and costs us $0 if passed.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Demo-gogues: “Doing what feels good. what’s convenient, what’s easy. That’s how little kids think. Unfortunately, a lot of so-called grownups with fancy titles and important jobs still think that way. That’s why things are so screwed up.” —Barack Obama

Never let a crisis go to waste: “To tell you the truth, that if there is any silver lining in this midst of this terrible, terrible, and unprecedented moment in American history, in terms of the economy and in terms of the pandemic, it is that maybe we start rethinking some fundamental tenets about the way our government and society work.” —Bernie Sanders

Cry us a river: “So yeah it really hurt to have my old seat flip back to Republican — for a ton of people & also for me. In fact, it was pretty f—ing devastating. I went offline & cried for a few days but, as always, getting ready to stand back up & keep fighting. Hope you are too.” —Katie Hill

And last… “So I ask the FBI again: How is your leak investigation going? I know how your Michael Flynn investigation went. I know the time and effort you spent to try to catch someone in a lie. How is your 10-year felony investigation going? It has been four years now.” —Trey Gowdy

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