The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight:

“An entirely new and unique and dense sort of ignorance will be manufactured by a combination of censorship of the Press and censorship by the Press.” —G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

For the Record

“Hispanics have the highest intermarriage rate of any ethnic or racial group. The American melting pot is boiling for Hispanics.” —Phill Gramm and John Early

“The key takeaway that I hear from Hispanics over and over again [about Ron DeSantis], is some variation of ‘he has cojones.’” —Giancarlo Sopo

Friendly Fire

“No, the border is not secure. When you have 1.7 million individuals last year, and then another 2.7, that’s over 4.5 million individuals encounter[ed] at the border, plus the — if you add the getaways, that’s going to be over five million individuals in just two years. No, the border … is not secured, and we’ve got to make sure that we have repercussions there.” —Democrat Congressman Henry Cuellar

Demagogues

“Hey Florida, we have a lot of work to do. And it starts with making Charlie Crist your next governor. … So if you’re ready for a governor who cares about people instead of bullying them, who will fight for voting rights and a woman’s right to choose, who understands the challenges you’re facing every day, and who will fight for you — vote for Charlie Crist.” —Barack Obama (“Obama’s remarks are laughable considering Crist has referred to DeSantis using derogatory language, including calling the governor ‘DeSatan.’” —The Daily Wire)

“When we talk about inflation, Republicans will say, ‘Well, this is Joe Biden’s fault.’ Really? … What are [sic] the Republicans’ response to inflation? What do they want to do? Well, maybe they want to cut wages for workers. Do they want to raise the minimum wage? No, they don’t. So, I think it is important to take the attack to the Republicans. What do they want to do, other than complain?” —Senator Bernie Sanders

“I don’t subscribe to what you said that [Americans] don’t trust us.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Non Compos Mentis

“I don’t think any state or anybody should have the right to do that. As a moral question and as a legal question. I just think it’s wrong.” —Joe Biden when asked, “Do you think states should have a right to ban gender-affirming healthcare?” (“The president of the United States explains to a man cosplaying as a woman that it is ‘moral’ to allow the mutilation of gender-confused children. Our civilization is in a state of ethical collapse.” —Ben Shapiro)

“Happy birthday to our great president [Kamala Harris].” —Joe Biden

“You elected the highest-ranking black Indian, with Indian background, woman, in American history to be vice president.” —Joe Biden

“My legislation says there can be no more than eight bullets in a round, okay?” —Joe Biden

“We’ve got to help these countries do what they need to do without further hurting the environment. And we have to pay them, in my view. Have to compensate them for what they’re doing.” —Joe Biden

“The biggest thing is though that we have to change what we are, those things that are affect the environment.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lies

“We brought down the cost of energy.” —Joe Biden

“I have more substantive experience on the issues facing the country, both in foreign policy and domestic policy, than any president ever.” —Joe Biden

“What we’re seeing — this new migration challenge — is driven by people who are fleeing falling regimes and economic collapse, as you know, in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and also Cuba. … While we’re trying to deal with the challenges, as you all know, you have Republican governors who are using these migrants, using these folks who are trying to flee communism, falling regimes, and economic collapses, as I just mentioned — they’re using them as a political pawn. … So, we are doing the work every day to make sure that we deal with what we’re seeing in the southern border.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

“One of the reasons for inflation is the incredible level of corporate greed. Check out the profits of the oil companies. The drug companies. The food companies. … There are studies out there that estimate that 50% of inflation has to do with corporate greed.” —Bernie Sanders

“Right-wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election.” —Hillary Clinton

“I don’t know anybody who thinks that we should defund the police.” —Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (“[A few] days ago, Ellison was campaigning with ‘Defund the Police’ activists Cori Bush and Ilhan Omar.” —RNC)

Belly Laugh of the Week

“[Kamala Harris is] smart as hell. She has a backbone like a ramrod and she has enormous integrity.” —Joe Biden

And Last…

“It’s two weeks before the midterms and Biden is doing interviews [with] transgender activists about the need to surgically sterilize kids. I think the progressives running the [White House] are actively trying to piss off 80 percent of the country. Never seen anything like it.” —Noah Pollak

“Feminism does a lot more for men who wear wigs and dresses than it does for women.” —Abby Johnson

“Stop taking our children to drag shows and start taking them to church.” —Congresswoman Mayra Flores