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April 6, 2023

Thursday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Star Parker, Mark Alexander, Byron York, and more.

Re: The Left

“The core of a free society is free choice at the individual level, and the core of free choice at the individual level is right and wrong. If there is no right and wrong, what does it matter what individuals choose? … It’s no accident that socialist societies are godless societies. They think they can make everything up.” —Star Parker

“The question is why this culture is producing so many people who want to carry out attacks… Take the guns and you’ll still have a country infested with homicidal sociopaths. Where are they coming from? What is creating them? These are the questions we should be asking.” —Matt Walsh

The Defintion of Insanity

“In a close [mayoral] election, Brandon Johnson won with 51.4% of the vote. Chicago voters just chose to have more of the same. As one Chicago reporter put it, ‘Chicago chose progress over moderation.’ No, it chose social justice and equity quotas over public safety. This is not surprising but still disappointing. Is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result not the very definition of insanity? Well, Chicago, here you go again.” —Emmy Griffin

Non Compos Mentis

“[Transgenderism is] something for a child and their parents to decide. It’s not something that we believe should be decided … by legislators.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

“Trump is joining some of the most incredible people in history being arrested today. … Jesus! Jesus was arrested and murdered.” —Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

Political Futures

“Short of some surprise lateral pass from the Bragg indictment, Trump will eventually be acquitted — a ‘victory’ that furthers the Democrat strategy to keep him ahead of the primary pack and help ensure none of his opponents becomes the nominee, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, whom Demos fear. Anyone who fails to acknowledge their strategy, or underestimates its calculated outcome, need only consider the outcomes of the 2020 election and how the 2022 midterm Republican ‘red wave’ turned into an anemic ‘red ripple,’ despite Biden’s abysmal approval polling.” —Mark Alexander

For the Record

“The real jury in this case is the public, which will decide if they want Trump to be president again. The public needs to be able to scrutinize Trump’s trial, gavel to gavel. Bragg’s legal gymnastics need to be on full display, as he attempts to leap over the statute of limitations, turn a state misdemeanor allegedly committed seven years ago into a federal felony and transform two business transactions into 34 separate crimes.” —Betsy McCaughey

“In the end, for Bragg and the Democratic officials who have pressed the Trump indictment, and for the supporters who have cheered them on, it’s not really about the question of whether Trump committed the misdemeanor offense of falsifying business records and whether that misdemeanor can be properly increased to a felony by alleging some other illegal act. It’s about holding Trump ‘accountable’ and thus satisfying many Democrats’ pent-up demand for ‘accountability’ for the former president. That’s why the Manhattan indictment is more of a campaign promise fulfilled than a legal case.” —Byron York

And Last…

“Presidents should not be above the law, but neither should they face politically motivated charges.” —John Stossel

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