NOTABLE QUOTABLES (January 11, 2024)

THE BIG LIES

“Political violence is never, ever acceptable in the United States political system — never, never, never. It has no place in a democracy. None.”  – Joe Biden (“Unless, of course, the political violence comes from the Left – as it did with the Black Lives Matter riots, as it does with antifa’s mayhem, and as it did on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2017.” – Douglas Andrews)

“I’ve spent more time in the Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware, than … most people I know, black or white, have spent in that church. Because that’s where I started – no, I’m serious. It started with the Civil Rights movement.” – Joe Biden

“Early in my administration … we cut child poverty in half.” – Joe Biden

“Some have accused DHS of not enforcing our nation’s laws. This could not be further from the truth.” – DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (“Unlawful presence in the United States will alone not be a basis for an immigration enforcement action.” – Alejandro Mayorkas two years ago)

“The issue of immigration is an issue that is highly politicized, and it is very important that the American public understand … all this administration has done. … What we are experiencing at the southern border is not unique.” – Alejandro Mayorkas

BRAYING JENNIES

“Clarence Thomas and, rather, his wife, Ginni, participated in the events of January 6th. … It would frankly be a scandal if he did not recuse himself.” – Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

“What’s going to happen in this next election? I am terrified about what could possibly happen. Because our leaders matter.”  – Michelle Obama

“People’s faith in the country is waning. That’s the thing that’s pissing me off. Because, in fact, there’s a reason Joe Biden ran the way he did. There’s a reason he’s running for democracy now, because that’s really what’s at stake. You worried that you can’t pay your bill? Wait until the other guy becomes president and you won’t have to worry about it because you’ll be in some camp somewhere, because that’s his promise.”  – “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg

“ [Biden] has been remarkable, and he has done it in a way that has justice … in every way.” – Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

STRANGER THAN FICTION

“With regard to Defense Secretary Austin, I wasn’t aware of his medical issue.” – Secretary of State Antony Blinken

“The president, when he walked into this administration, he put forth a comprehensive border/immigration legislation to deal with this issue. And if Republicans, especially in the House, had taken that seriously, we would not be where we are today.” – White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

READ THAT AGAIN … SLOWLY

“The Biden administration is asking Mexico to help curb the huge flow of migrants into the U.S., as Biden runs out of options to fix a problem that is hurting his polling.” – NBC News

“Many of us in the Democrat Party want to make sure … that we aren’t creating a humanitarian disaster in our hemisphere and at our southern border.” – Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)

FOR THE RECORD

“The reason there was a January 6 riot in the first place is that Democrats had so tainted the 2020 election that half the country didn’t think it was conducted fairly.” – Nate Jackson

“Why should it be surprising that the same movement that fought so hard to discredit Fox as a legitimate news operation, or remove Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves, or conspire with the censorial ideologues running every major social media platform, would take the next logical step and try to remove troublesome political rivals from ballots?”  – Peter Heck

“[Joe Biden’s] allies are trying to cancel elections and ban candidates from the ballot, and he has the chutzpah to claim that Trump is a danger to our democracy!” – Gary Bauer

AND LAST…

“The maddening thing about it is that the White House is allowing all this. These are policy choices that created this chaos. And it is thus policy choices that could change it.” – House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) regarding illegal immigration