The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight

“Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.” —Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899)

For the Record

“The only countries in the world that support the Democrats’ extreme position on abortion are China and North Korea. They are way out of line with the American people.” —former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

“If we all agree that Twitter is an important public forum, its rules shouldn’t be set by a group of people who have a vested interest in vindicating their own ideological beliefs and fashionable obsessions. … Elon Musk’s classical-liberal sense that false or unwelcome speech is best combatted by more speech once was a matter of consensus. That it feels radical now and is so bitterly contested is a symptom of how the Overton window has shifted toward speech suppression in the name of content moderation.” —Rich Lowry

“The Wall Street Journal reports Biden is going to ease sanctions on Venezuela, a nation that brutalizes its own people, so Chevron can go get more oil. Biden has been hostile to Saudi Arabia in large part because of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, who wrote for The Washington Post. Because the Venezuelans only kill their citizens and not Washington Post reporters, Biden is willing to help them raise more money to kill and persecute more Venezuelans.” —Erick Erickson

“In the last few months, due to lower demand and other factors, consumers have experienced a reprieve from historic highs. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre points out this is ‘the fastest decline in gas prices in over a decade,’ which is like bragging about losing a couple of pounds after packing on 20. … Biden can’t control prices, but he could have mitigated the problem consumers now face had he not disincentivized domestic fossil fuel production and refinery capacity. … You can have windmills, or you can have affordable and reliable energy. You can’t have both.” —David Harsanyi

Lack of Self-Awareness Award

“Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed.” —Vice President Kamala Harris, who put nearly 2,000 marijuana offenders behind bars as California attorney general

Non Compos Mentis

“Let me start off with two words: Made in America.” —President Joe Biden

The BIG Lies

“I was able to bring gasoline down well over $1.60 but it’s inching up because of what the Russians and the Saudis just did.” —Joe Biden

“We need to bring inflation down without giving up all the historic economic progress that working-class and middle-class people have made, and that’s exactly what we’re seeing.” —Joe Biden

“Many of my Republican friends are basically arguing that good news for the economy is bad news — is bad news — for America. As if they’re rooting for fewer jobs and lower wages.” —Joe Biden

“Certainly when it comes to energy, and what we’re dealing with gas, I mean, that certainly was not created by this administration.” —Labor Secretary Marty Walsh

“You can’t compare this moment in time to any other period in the past when we talk about recessions because we’re coming off a worldwide catastrophe and a global pandemic.” —Marty Walsh

“I’ve been focused on the border since day one.” —Senator Mark Kelly (“Mark Kelly is the 50th Senator who used his position to block 18,000 Border Patrol agents and back 87,000 IRS agents instead.” —Ronna McDaniel)

And Last…

“Joe Biden just said the risk of nuclear Armageddon is at its highest level since 1962. Remember when all the blue checks on [Twitter] told you Biden was the safe choice for president? Welp, here we are.” —Clay Travis

“Hillary Clinton ran an entire campaign saying if Trump was elected, there’d be a nuclear war. Biden’s been in office less than 2 years and has led us to the brink of ‘nuclear armageddon.’ HHS just bought $290 million of emergency radiation sickness medication! Biden is a DISASTER.” —Congresswoman Mary Miller