Non Compos Mentis
“[You] always have to be careful, whether you see a burned car, a broken window, whatever it is. It may be the exuberance of the moment, but it may be the anarchist setting in.” —Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Spin Doctors
“[Trump] is sending in the National Guard to attack the protesters.” —”The View” co-host Ana Navarro
“Trump’s escalation of federal forces may yet produce the violence he so eagerly seeks. … These protests, which have been abbreviated in the media as ‘unrest,’ were actually a cry of hope, and a reminder of the human need for community, the need to turn to each other to find something to believe in.” —American Prospect executive editor David Dayen
Friendly Fire
“I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration — but this is not that. This is anarchy and true chaos. My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.” —Sen. John Fetterman
Credit Where It’s Due
“Let me be clear: ANYONE who vandalized Downtown or looted stores does not care about our immigrant communities. You will be held accountable.” —Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
Tongue in Cheek
“REAL TALK: 90% of these protesters are paid, the other 10% are pissed off migrants who look around Los Angeles and assume they’ve ALREADY been deported.” —Jimmy Failla
Re: The Left
“I’ve seen some things in my life that I thought were politically unsustainable — I think what Democrats are doing and saying about all this is politically insane. … This is playing out before unmistakably a national audience, and I think it’s to the detriment of the Democrats. And to the Republicans and to the president, it’s like picking up money off the street.” —Brit Hume on Democrat support for the LA rioters
“Illegal aliens are being kicked out of Martha’s Vineyard, and the island’s fabulously wealthy inhabitants are upset. Which is totally different from three years ago, when the island’s fabulously wealthy inhabitants were upset by and kicked out the illegal aliens.” —Nate Jackson
“Those who try for political points to sour public opinion about the Trump administration’s efforts to close the border and to diminish the threat posed by criminals here illegally do so by implying that we are blaming all immigrants for the violent actions of the few. Nonsense. They adamantly oppose attaching the adjective ‘illegal’ to those whose presence here is, in fact, illegal. They object to the noun ‘alien’ — although people from other countries who are here illegally are exactly that. And their heads explode when we attach those two words together. Words matter. Dropping the word ‘illegal’ is not just journalistic shorthand — it changes the entire nature of the issue at hand.” —Jack DeVine
“As I have repeatedly argued, there is no common ground with open borders extremism, violent anti-law enforcement anarchists, transgender insanity that denies God’s creation, and a movement intent on crushing you.” —Gary Bauer
“Remember: No Republican is above the law.” —Andrew Klavan accurately summarizing the Left’s position
Major Projection
“Pete Hegseth’s a joke. He’s a joke. Everybody knows he’s so in over his head. What an embarrassment. That guy’s weakness masquerading as strength.” —California Gov. Gavin Newsom
Village Idiots
“We have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel.” —Greta Thunberg (“Well, she’s a strange person. She’s a young, angry person. I don’t know if it’s real anger, it’s hard to believe actually, but I saw what happened. She’s certainly different. Anger management — I think she has to go to an anger management class. That’s my primary recommendation for her.” —Donald Trump weighing in on Thunberg)
“I don’t think Pride should be stuck to a month. A month is too short.” —singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus
Thanks, Captain Obvious
“Homes are increasingly at risk from floods. Elevation can help.” —NPR headline
For the Record
“Everyone makes mistakes. But the CBO and JCT have a habit of overstating the benefits of raising taxes and underestimating the benefits to the economy from cutting tax rates.” —Stephen Moore
