The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

For the record: “No prior president has faced such hysterical opposition bent on removing him from office — whether by a special prosecutor, concocted charges that he should be deposed under the 25th Amendment, or, finally, a failed attempt at removal via impeachment. … So it is a bit rich for the media to now warn of Trump’s dangers to the spirit of smooth presidential transitions. Such protocols were deliberately rendered null and void in 2016.” —Victor Davis Hanson

Food for thought: “It’s been more than three weeks since Election Day. And they’re still counting votes in California and New York. Think about that.” —Rep. Jim Jordan

Braying jackass: “People were surprised about a lot of Hispanic folks who voted for Trump, but there’s a lot of evangelical Hispanics who, the fact that Trump says racist things about Mexicans, or puts undocumented workers in cages, they think that’s less important than the fact that he supports their views on gay marriage or abortion.” —Barack Obama (“According to Barack Obama, people who oppose him are: Hispanic bigots. White bigots. Religious bigots. I’m sensing a pattern.” —Ben Shapiro | Fact-check: “Obama blasts Trump for putting illegal immigrants in the ‘cages’ built by Obama.” —The Washington Times)

Non compos mentis: “Today is Small Business Saturday. California is home to over 4 million small businesses. This holiday season, shop safe and shop local to help support our economy and the over 7 million workers that help keep our small businesses going.” —Governor Gavin Newsom, who has shuttered many of those businesses

Village idiot: “I’d like to extend an olive branch to Trump supporters. I am ready to move #ForwardTogether. There’s so much work to do to heal the nation. Let’s be a part of the solution and not add to the problems we face.” —Alyssa “Trump Voters Are Nazis” Milano

The BIG Lie: “President Trump’s pardoning of Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his dealings with a foreign adversary, is an act of grave corruption and a brazen abuse of power.” —Nancy Pelosi

And last… “America will not be stronger or safer if its foreign policy & national security agencies are led by people who just finished getting paid to help American companies do business with the Communist Party of #China.” —Senator Marco Rubio