The Patriot Post® · Friday Short Cuts

The BIG Lies

“What’s happening in Montana and Tennessee is IMPORTANT. The silencing of Zooey Zephyr, Justin Pearson, and Justin Jones is a red alert moment for democracy. The GOP agenda is now so deeply unpopular that their only way to implement it is to destroy and eliminate their critics.” —Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)

“Kids have lost so much in the pandemic. This is why, when the president walked in, he made [it] … a priority to open schools.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

“The Inflation Reduction Act was so important, as we talk about energy costs — lowering that.” —Karine Jean-Pierre

Veep Thoughts

“Some of our younger small business owners actually self-identify as entrepreneurs.” —Kamala Harris

For the Record I

“Obviously, the border is not secure. Anyone with eyes can see that.” —Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)

“That loud clucking sound we are hearing from ‘sanctuary cities’ and other cities run by Democrats is the consequence of lax immigration policies coming home to roost.” —Cal Thomas

“In 2018, when Donald Trump sent 5,000 troops to help actually secure the border, then-Senator Kamala Harris called the Republican president’s actions ‘inappropriate’ and ‘political.’ For leftists, consistency is a foreign concept.” —Emmy Griffin

For the Record II

“Having failed to destroy Clarence Thomas 32 years ago with preposterous sexual harassment charges (disbelieved at the time by 60% of Americans), now the left is resorting to attacking the ethics of a man vastly more honorable than the collection of degenerates reviling him. … The media want us to believe that generosity from personal friends is an ethical issue, but that’s because that’s not how liberals bribe government officials. They bombard their targets with the sort of public adoration that money can’t buy — or the sort of public hate that money can’t block. Your choice: Be beloved from every corner of society or be subjected to nonstop ridicule.” —Ann Coulter

“The Left despises Clarence Thomas because he is a conservative African American. Here’s what Clarence Thomas said at [his 1991] confirmation hearing. He said if you are a free-thinking African American, quote, ‘You will be lynched, destroyed, and caricatured by a committee of the U.S. Senate.’ Well, in three decades, that hasn’t changed and it’s gotten worse.” —Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Observations

“The precipitous plunge of [Anheuser-Busch’s] stock price, clearly linked to its announcement of the Dylan Mulvaney collaboration, was astonishing. I believe that the customers’ instantaneous verdict speaks volumes about the true public views on transgenderism. In fact, it may be the most accurate public opinion poll in history.” —Jack DeVine

“To put it mildly, the Bidens are not good people. They make up not the First Family but the Worst Family, worthy of a week of episodes on the late Jerry Springer’s sordid show. The Biden family is an American disgrace. And we can’t help but surmise that Joe’s rationale for reelection, to ‘finish the job,’ has less to do with policy wins than with pulling the strings of power to keep his family out of prison.” —Nate Jackson

Upright

“The word ‘compassion’ is thrown around now as a thinly veiled threat: agree with us and support our policies, or we’ll call you a racist, a bigot, a homophobe, a transphobe; someone who wants children, the poor and the mentally ill to die. But real compassion requires real courage. Those who have real courage are willing to buck the crowd, not swim with it. They risk their jobs, their careers, their status — even their relationships with friends and family — to take unpopular stances in pursuit of the truth.” —Laura Hollis

And Last…

“How odd that those on the Left who in the past decried ‘American imperialism’ are now proving the greatest imperialists of all.” —Victor Davis Hanson