The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Spin Doctor

“Busing or flying migrants around the country without any coordination with the federal government … is dangerous and unacceptable. And we’ll continue to be very, very clear about that. It is dangerous and unacceptable because you’re putting people’s lives at risk. … And it’s dangerous and it’s unacceptable because you’re actually putting a lot of pressure on these states and … local areas.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Non Sequitur

“When you hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about all the problems with fentanyl and with gotaways and with smuggling, you know what they don’t ever talk about? They don’t ever talk about the tremendous exportation of American-made guns to Mexican cartels that give them the power and authority to control the fentanyl trafficking into this country.” —Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) (“Kind of like ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ when Obama’s ATF allowed illegal gun sales in order to ‘track them.’” —Daily Caller)

Dog & Pony Show

“I hope that we can all commend the Biden-Harris administration for their actions to prevent serious disorder at the border following the expiration of Title 42.” —Congressman Robert Garcia (D-CA)

“Democrats, President Biden, folks in the House and the Senate — we’re Team Reasonable. We’re Team Normal. We’re Team Get Stuff Done.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

Swampthink

“I think the accusations of ‘woke’ are grossly overexaggerated.” —Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley

For the Record

“As we saw in the debate over critical race theory, as soon as the right adopts a term that has purchase, the left denies that the underlying phenomenon exists. There have been numerous reports in the press about how no one can define ‘woke,’ while left-wing commentators and academics have been saying the use of the term is, of course, itself racist. Whenever the term ‘woke’ goes out of style, whatever replaces it will be found similarly lacking. The word and what it denotes are going to stay at the center of the GOP debate, though, because Republican voters are rightly alarmed by the cultural direction of the country.” —Rich Lowry

Upright

“I believe America could do for anyone what she’s done for me: restoring hope, creating opportunities, and defending and protecting the America that we love.” —Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)

“We are a meritocracy. Your talent, your character, your grit take you as high as you’re willing to climb. But according to [Democrat] policies, they take the first three rungs of the ladder out.” —Tim Scott

“Frankly, the truth of my life disproves every single lie from the pit of hell that we’re hearing from the radical left.” —Tim Scott