Observations

“Taking away the uniform, a police officer is no different from a civilian. The actual difference lies in their mental state. Police have witnessed things that no sane person would ever want to experience or voluntarily choose to see. And they must continue to go out daily, knowing they will likely encounter similar situations. … It is well known that individuals who commit acts of violence, such as school shootings or mass killings, are not mentally sound. Unfortunately, the same applies to police officers who commit such heinous acts of violence. With the inordinate power they wield over civilians, we must hold them to a higher standard for their actions but treat their mental state like anyone else’s to ensure they don’t need to be held accountable for anything. This means ensuring they are in the right mind before being deployed in the field.” —Armstrong Williams

“Pause to reflect that America is the only successful multiracial constitutional republic in history. To survive in an increasingly dysfunctional and hostile world abroad, the unique idea of the United States requires concord. But national cohesion is only possible through citizens subordinating their tribal interests to a common culture. Only then do they cease being automatons of warring tribes and collectives. As the world becomes ever scarier, Americans must — as Benjamin Franklin once warned — hang together, or most certainly they will soon all hang separately.” —Victor Davis Hanson

Demagogue

“The research shows we need a public health approach to public safety. You want to make us safer? Invest in poverty, in ending poverty, invest in housing, invest in climate, invest in education. What we’re doing is adding more police and feeding the prison industrial complex, and that has to stop.” —Congressman Jamaal Bowman

Sexism/Race Bait

“One of the disgusting legacies after 9/11 has been the targeting and racism against Muslim Americans throughout the United States of America, and this is an extension of that legacy. … This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez regarding Ilhan Omar’s Foreign Affairs Committee ouster

“I believe if that man [Tyre Nichols] had been white, you wouldn’t have beat him like that that night.” —Al Sharpton

Village Idiot

“Our country still has not taken responsibility or accountability for the history of the systemic racism that’s in this country. … Critical race theory I think is essential to be teaching.” —actor Bryan Cranston

Non Compos Mentis

“More than half the women in my cabinet, more than half the people in my cabinet, more than half the women in my administration are women.” —Joe Biden

And Last…

“Hunter Biden’s lawyers confirmed what we all knew: the laptop was his. Democrats spent years pushing this as Russian disinformation.” —Senator Marsha Blackburn