The BIG Lies

“We have the numbers to show that [Biden’s] economic policy has indeed worked.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

“The president’s economic policies are incredibly popular.” —Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton

“We’re already seeing signs that Bidenomics is working.” —Olivia Dalton

“Real incomes are up, especially for lower-income workers.” —National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard (“Real weekly wages have fallen every month since Biden and Democrats passed their $1.9 trillion ‘stimulus.’” —RNC)

“This president came into office introducing a comprehensive immigration reform; sought and received and was able to obtain record border security funding; was able to … put in place a series of policies that expanded legal pathways for migration that dealt with our border situation and has now resulted in a significant decrease in unlawful border crossings since the lifting of Title 42. And he’s done all of that without the help of Republican governors around the country or Republican lawmakers in Congress.” —Olivia Dalton

Non Compos Mentis

“We often say that gender-affirming care is health care, gender-affirming care is mental health care, and gender-affirming care is literally suicide-prevention care.” —Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine

“Happy Pride Month, and actually, let’s declare it a summer of pride. Happy summer of pride.” —Rachel Levine

“What they took away are basic medical decisions for parents to be able to make.” —Kentucky Democrat Governor Andy Beshear on why he vetoed a bill banning puberty blockers (The veto was overturned by Republicans in the state Senate.)

Non Sequitur

“There’s one president who values our national security and protects … our secrets, and there’s another former president candidate who doesn’t.” —former Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki

Dumb & Dumber

“What does it say about the Republican Party that the next guy down is Ron DeSantis, who is running the most openly fascist campaign I’ve ever seen? And I’m saying that having covered Donald Trump running for president.” —MSNBC’s Joy Reid

“The second choice is a guy [DeSantis] who is worse than Trump. So it’s a threat to what it means really to be an American, and I think we have to realize that and address it accordingly.” —Lincoln Project’s Stuart Stevens

Re: The Left

“Only 32% of registered voters admit to having a positive view of Harris, compared to 49% who have a negative view, including 39% who have a very negative view. This gives the VP a stunning net -17 rating, which, as NBC glumly reports, is the lowest number for any vice president in the poll’s history. Ouch. Try as they might, the Democrats can’t rehabilitate Kamala Harris, can’t make her ready for prime time, can’t fix the fact that she hails from the one-party state of California, whose politics don’t prepare its candidates to appeal to an audience of a broader spectrum than left to further left. And that’s what Joe Biden gets for picking a vice president based not on her competence but on her sex and on the color of her skin.” —Douglas Andrews

For the Record

“The West may be naïve, feckless, foolhardy or self-destructive, but its model of stable, accountable, democratic government is a great advance in human welfare. Without it, you get a Vladimir Putin reportedly fleeing his capital in fear and a Yevgeny Prigozhin likely to experience an unfortunate fall out of a window sometime soon.” —Rich Lowry

Insight

“If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule over them.” —abolitionist Lysander Spooner (1808-1887)

And Last…

“The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s plea deal should reject the plea deal as there is clear evidence of obstruction of justice in the Hunter investigation. There is no way this plea deal can be accepted.” —Clay Travis