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FOR THE RECORD

“Look, I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair. I just, I can’t speak to that. But what I can speak to is if you have a prosecutor who is ignoring crimes happening every single day in his jurisdiction and he chooses to go back many, many years ago to try to do something about pornstar hush-money payments, that’s an example of pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office and I think that that’s fundamentally wrong.” – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

“The prospect of a former president in handcuffs and being ushered into a courtroom by law enforcement might delight Trump’s political enemies, but what will it do for the nation that is already reeling from so many economic, foreign, and cultural challenges? Trump has already called for protests should he be indicted. This will not end well.” – Cal Thomas

“Claiming that he is going to be arrested this week, Donald Trump implored his 500,000 active users on his social media platform, Truth Social, to ‘PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!’ … Clearly, 99.999% of Trump supporters, past and present, are law-abiding American Patriots, but as was grossly demonstrated by the J6 riot, some of his followers can become unhinged and violent. Repeatedly calling for protests on Truth Social, where the most vociferous residual of Trump’s supporters hang out, was at best careless.”  – Mark Alexander

“I think we’re gonna see there are probably six or seven Biden family members that were involved in various business schemes around the world.” – House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY)

“When it comes to the origins of COVID-19, we go back to what’s obvious: When, as Jon Stewart put it, an outbreak of chocolatey goodness occurs in Hershey, Pennsylvania, we can be pretty confident from whence it came. The simplest explanation is usually the best one. Sorry, folks, but this raccoon dog theory ain’t gonna hunt.”  – Douglas Andrews

“SVB donated over $73 million to BLM related groups. Their collapse should reinforce the need to support local and community banks. Trust your money to financial institutions that prioritize risk assessment over DEI and ESG.” – Michael Seifert

 

OBSERVATIONS

“Democrats have repeatedly claimed that Capitol Police officers who committed suicide after the J6 protests were ‘killed by the protesters.’ Well, in addition to the rising body count of Border Patrol agents murdered by illegal immigrants, there were 17 Border Patrol officer suicides last year. Not a word from Democrats claiming they were ‘killed by illegal immigrants.’” – Mark Alexander

“The Washington Times reports, ‘Uninsured Chinese depositors in the failed Silicon Valley Bank likely will be made whole through the special assessment on U.S. banks that is funding the rescue crafted by the Biden administration, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers Thursday.’ Whew. That’s a relief. We wouldn’t want our nation’s foremost geopolitical foe getting stuck instead of everyday Americans.” – Douglas Andrews

 

VEEP THOUGHTS

“It is important to understand what freedom and opportunity means to real people every day, which calls into question whether we’re all on the same page about what freedom means.” – Kamala Harris

 

THE BIG LIES

“There were 550 companies of the Fortune 500 that made $40 billion that didn’t pay a penny … in taxes. … I said they ought to pay a minimum of 15%. … That’s less than you all pay. And guess what? It allowed me to cut the deficit.” – Joe Biden

“[Biden’s] economic agenda is fueling an unprecedented clean energy manufacturing boom that is bringing energy costs down.” – White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

“Everything that we have seen since June, when … Roe v. Wade … was taken away from women, puts women’s lives in danger. And now we’re seeing anti-abortion legislation across the country – again, dangerous to the health of women.”  – Karine Jean-Pierre