The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

Upright: “The trend we are seeing of ripping families, friendships and other relationships apart because of disagreements over the direction of government is perhaps the best proof that more government entanglement in our lives is not a good thing. If we get to the point where government matters more than the people who should matter most, then it matters too much.” —Laura Hollis

For the record: “[Donald Trump] got it right [on China]. I mean, I think it was the most significant shift in U.S. foreign policy at least since the end of the Cold War.” —former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster

Pot calling the kettle black: “Trump’s refusal to commit to the peaceful transfer of power is the behavior of a desperate would-be dictator who’d cling to office even if it meant destroying our democracy. It’s pathetic. But because he is the president, we should take his threat seriously.” —Hillary Clinton (“Hillary Clinton says Biden should not concede the election ‘under any circumstances.’” —NBC News headline, August 26)

Braying jenny: “I don’t think he’s worth the trouble [of impeaching] at this point.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Non compos mentis: “It’d also be a great day to arrest the cops that murdered Breonna Taylor.” —ESPN analyst Jalen Rose (Memo to Rose: Taylor wasn’t murdered.)

And last… “If you actually look at what [Democrats] are saying and what the deeper implications are here, it’s there is a right way … and a wrong way to be black. Ironically … that’s the very definition of racism, and it’s coming from the liberals who like to say that they see racism everywhere but they can’t recognize it when it’s coming out of their own mouth.” —Candace Owens