Lack of Self-Awareness Award
“Republicans are in free fall right now.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (According to CNN, Democrat Party favorability is at 29%, the lowest since party polling began 32 years ago.)
Yellow Journalism
“Do you think [Hamas kidnappers] starved you or they just didn’t have food?” —”60 Minutes” talkinghead Leslie Stahl to former hostage Keith Siegel
Missing Context
“President Biden created 15 million jobs … more than many modern presidents in modern history.” —former Biden Deputy Cabinet Secretary Dan Koh (Democrats still make the fallacious claim about “15 million jobs.” Those were lost during the COVID lockdowns and reclaimed after they ended.)
For the Record
“America has not experienced sharply increasing tariff rates since the passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930. No voter has any memory of that.” —Michael Barone
“[Trade counselor Peter Navarro] says tariffs are a ‘tax cut,’ which makes about as much sense as former President Joe Biden telling us that dumping trillions into the economy would do wonders in fighting inflation.” —David Harsanyi
“The truth is that tariffs are taxes. They don’t punish foreign governments; they punish American families.” —Sen. Rand Paul
“Since NAFTA, in the early nineties, 90,000 American factories have been closed down. That’s small towns that have been blighted. That’s millions of workers who have lost their jobs. That has to stop!” —JD Vance
“Sometimes the best strategy in a negotiation is convincing the other side that you are crazy.” —Bill Ackman
Clown World
“The left constantly lectures us about ‘women’s rights,’ but they hate any woman who defends her right to safe spaces and fair competition.” —Gary Bauer
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
“Even if proxy voting were somehow constitutional, how would one define what constitutes an ‘emergency’ in which ‘new moms cannot physically travel’?” —Sen. Mike Lee
Saving Spyware
“My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK… The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed, which is why I am signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days.” —Donald Trump
