Chilling Assessment

“I’ll say this: If there’s a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the Clinton debacle … there’ll be riots in the streets.” —Senator Lindsey Graham

Re: Biden’s Student Loan Heist

“I just thought [student loan forgiveness] was monumentally unfair. Unfair to people who didn’t go to college because they didn’t think they could afford it. Unfair to people who paid their loans back. Unfair to people who got higher education in an area that the government didn’t make loans and just bad economics in addition to that. I think it’s going to have a long-term devastating effect on a student loan program that worked pretty effectively until about 10 years ago, when the federal government assumed responsibility for that program.” —Senator Roy Blunt

“I think this is terrible policy. … What is my party doing with this? … I think they’re not helping the people that we’re here to help, which is poor people and underprivileged communities.” —former Bill Clinton advisor Paul Begala

“Pouring roughly half [a] trillion dollars of gasoline on the inflationary fire that is already burning is reckless.” —former Obama White House chief economist Jason Furman

Dumb and Dumber

“[Biden] eased the crushing burden of student loan debt for tens, tens of millions of Americans. … Rather than helping the privileged few, it’s going to lift up Americans from all walks of life.” —Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer

“I know it is shocking to some Republicans that the government, on occasion, does something to benefit working families and low-income people. I don’t hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to billionaires, when we have an effective tax rate today such that the 1% [have] a lower effective tax rate than working people. We have major corporations in a given year don’t pay a nickel in federal taxes. That’s okay, but suddenly when we do something for working people, it is a terrible idea. … If we’re going to be competitive in a global economy, we need to make public colleges and universities tuition-free.” —Senator Bernie Sanders

With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

“If you have Republicans that are running against even left-wing Democrats that believe in democracy and believe in voting, that person should be elected over somebody who would basically overthrow the will of the people and, ultimately, destroy this country.” —RINO Congressman Adam Kinzinger

Unity™

“What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy. It’s not just Trump; it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something: It’s like semi-fascism. … I respect conservative Republicans. I don’t respect these MAGA Republicans.” —President Joe Biden (“This is coming from the man who said Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan were going to put black Americans ‘back in chains.’” —Gary Bauer)

“Jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, okay? Get out of town. … [Republicans] don’t represent our values. You are not New Yorkers.” —New York Governor Kathy Hochul

The BIG Lie

“Not long ago, many people were predicting a long, hot summer of inflation. To their surprise — and, for some Republicans, dismay — that isn’t happening. Overall consumer prices were flat in July, and nowcasts — estimates based on preliminary data — suggest that inflation will remain low in August.” —New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (“It is true that regarding month-to-month inflation from June to July, there was zero overall inflation. Of course, what Krugman leaves out is that year-over-year inflation in July was at 8.5%. That is now the fifth straight month with year-over-over inflation at 8% or higher. If that is considered low inflation, one would shudder to think of what Krugman considers ‘high inflation.’” —Tim Meads)

Theater of the Absurd

“Fed tackles inflation with its most diverse leadership ever.” —AP headline

Non Compos Mentis Award

“I trust women and their doctors to make their decisions about their body, about their healthcare, and about their future. I think that is the best, smartest, most constitutional and most American and most Texan approach to this issue.” —Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke

And Last…

“If Joe Biden thinks Americans can’t afford student loans, how does he think they can afford an electric car?” —Daniel Turner