Grand Delusions

“I’m actually looking forward to this campaign. And you know why? Because we got a story to tell. We’ve got a real story to tell. We’ve got a record to run on.” —Joe Biden

“I said I’d be president for everybody, not just those who voted for me, not just in … blue districts. Everybody.” —Joe Biden

“We kept our promise to put the first black woman on the Supreme Court. And, by the way, I think she may be the intellectually brightest person on the Court. She’s incredible.” —Joe Biden

The BIG Lies

“I cut in just my budget, in two years, $1.7 trillion off the federal debt. No president has ever done that. We did all this, and we cut $1.7 trillion from the federal debt in two years.” —Joe Biden

“With the American Rescue Plan, we’ve provided relief and support directly to working-class families. Our economy came roaring back. Unemployment dipped below 4 percent by the end of my first year in office. Now it’s been below 4 percent for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.” —Joe Biden

“There used to be 750 billionaires in America four years ago. Now there are 1,000. You know what … the average tax rate they pay? Eight percent. Come on. That’s less than a school teachers [sic], a cop, a firefighter.” —Joe Biden

“We’re replacing their trickle-down theory with what the economists are calling Bidenomics. It’s working. Bidenomics is about building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up. When that occurs, the middle class does well, the poor have a chance, and the wealthy still do very, very well.” —Joe Biden

Demagogue

“Just think about what it was like when I came to office — when you got me there. It was — we inherited a mess. … The pandemic was raging. The economy … was reeling. Around the world, our allies in Europe and Asia, the Middle East — they were saying they didn’t know what … this new president meant … by this idea of ‘America First.’ … I was stunned at the damage that’s been done to our reputation internationally.” —Joe Biden

“MAGA Republicans are trying to take us backwards. But together, we’re not going to let them. …  We’re doing something right now that no one thought possible. But the Republicans … don’t like any of it. … Most of them have opposed everything I’ve done. Most of them want to get rid of it all, but they don’t hesitate to take credit for it.” —Joe Biden

“It turned out 66 percent of the American people agreed with me. Democracy is at stake, and part of it is still at stake.” —Joe Biden

“Who the hell needs a magazine that can hold 100 rounds? I mean, seriously.” —Joe Biden

Hot Air

“The only existential threat to humanity is climate change. I mean, for real. If we go above 1.5 degrees Celsius by the year 2050, we’re in trouble. There’s no turning it around.” —Joe Biden

Braying Jenny

“F**k the suburbs because they don’t know a godd**n thing about how life is in the city.” —Wisconsin Democrat Senator La Tonya Johnson

Non Compos Mentis

“Bonus hole — An alternative word for the vagina. It is important to check which words someone would prefer to use.” —Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust

Upright

“The Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college admissions. It’s time to go further: abolish DEI bureaucracies, prohibit race-based hiring, eliminate the ‘disparate impact’ doctrine, and restore the principle of colorblind equality in all of our institutions.” —Christopher F. Rufo

“Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.” —Chief Justice John Roberts

“While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination, I hold out enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles so clearly enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: that all men are created equal, are equal citizens, and must be treated equally before the law.” —Justice Clarence Thomas

“Sending the message that somehow the color of your skin means that you will not be able to achieve your goals from an educational perspective, from an income perspective or family formation, that is a lie from the pit of hell. We will not be judged solely by the color of our skin. That’s what the ruling said today." —Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) responding to Barack Obama’s claim his "heart breaks” for the young people “wondering what their future holds”

“I just wanna thank Michelle Obama for having the courage to tweet from one of her three mansions that black people can’t get ahead in this day and age.” —Twitter follower response regarding the Supreme Court ruling striking down “affirmative discrimination”

For the Record

“Just remember, all those who claim that blacks are going to be irreparably harmed by ending affirmative action were just fine with Asians being harmed by affirmative action.” —Ben Shapiro

“‘No black person will be able to succeed in a merit-based system’ is quite the argument for the ‘anti-racist’ crew to be making.” —Matt Walsh

“Even aside from the fact that Affirmative Action is explicitly racist, it’s also disastrous on its own terms. These policies have made every institution less effective, less efficient, less competent. You cannot point to a single institution that has been measurably improved by the arbitrary exclusion of whites.” —Matt Walsh

“With only some exceptions, the only people who support affirmative action are upper-income white progressives who use it as an indulgence to avoid having to account for their long-held social policies failing multiple generations of non-white Americans.” —Erick Erickson

Theater of the Absurd

“Many people wrongly believe that affirmative action allows unqualified students — unqualified students — to be admitted ahead of qualified students. This is not … how college admissions work.” —Joe Biden

“This is not a normal [Supreme] Court.” —Joe Biden

“It’s done more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than any [Supreme] Court in recent history.” —Joe Biden

“Chief Justice Roberts’ majority opinion does violence to justice and fairness in America.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

“I am shocked by the fact that in the majority opinion, they basically whitewash — whitewash — the Constitution.” —former acting Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile

“I think that this is tantamount to sticking a dagger in our back.” —Al Sharpton

Insight

“The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.” —Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954)