The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Observations: “If historians are even remotely fair in judging Trump’s response to the pandemic, he will get some credit for the rapid, unprecedented development of these vaccines (assuming they are, in fact, effective). If historians are remotely fair to Trump, the shortcomings in his response — excluding those inherent in a situation as novel as this one is — will be viewed primarily as falling in the realm of public relations.” —Paul Mirengoff

A trip down memory lane: “Fact check: Coronavirus vaccine could come this year, Trump says. Experts say he needs a ‘miracle’ to be right.” —NBC News, May 15

A blind squirrel finds a nut: “[Operation Warp Speed] is an unmitigated success and we should acknowledge that.” —CNN’s Jake Tapper

The BIG Lie: “Nobody I know who’s running for office is talking about ‘defunding the police.’ What we’re talking about is making police officers accountable.” —Senator Bernie Sanders (Exhibit A: “Defunding police means defunding police.” —AOC | Exhibit B: “We can’t go about creating a different process with the same infrastructure in place. And so dismantling it, and then looking at what funding priorities should look like as we imagine a new way forward, is what needs to happen.” —Ilhan Omar | Exhibit C: “We’re going to defund the police and refund our social services.” —Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush | Exhibit D: “Defund the police means defund the occupation of black bodies and the militarization of our communities.” —Congressman-elect Jamaal Bowman)

Dezinformatsiya: “It is alarming that a candidate came so close to winning while polling more than 5 million fewer votes than his opponent nationwide. The electoral college, whatever virtues it may have had for the Founding Fathers, is no longer tenable for American democracy.” —Washington Post editorial board

And last… “Find someone who loves you the way Barack Obama loves himself.” —Kyle Mann