Notable Quotes

from Five Towns Jewish Home - 1-20-22

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“Say What?!”

Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?

- President Joe Biden, during a speech in Atlanta, chastising Democrat senators who oppose getting rid of the filibuster, a position that he maintained for all of his years in the U.S. Senate

In the midst of all these crises, inflation, high gas prices, a border crisis – go down the list that families are facing – Joe Biden’s top priority is getting rid of picture ID and mandating same-day voter registration in every state in America, which opens the door, by everybody’s account, to massive voter fraud. Why would he want to do that? Why is that his top priority? His top priority should be helping families who are struggling because of the failures of the Biden presidency.

- Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)

The Biden administration’s effort to get rid of the 60-vote threshold of the United States Senate is not about a Senate that that doesn’t work. It is about a woke agenda that doesn’t settle. Getting rid of the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, in my judgment, would be like giving whiskey and car keys to a teenage boy.

– Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on Fox News

The Biden administration has mismanaged COVID. It has mismanaged inflation. It has mismanaged the border. And it has mismanaged foreign policy. All in one year. If aliens landed tomorrow and said, “Take me to your leader,” it would be embarrassing.

- Ibid.

Hillary’s calling tens of millions of Americans deplorables was divisive & disgusting. But Biden has gone further, calling those who disagree with his actions & policies domestic enemies, traitors, and racists. Biden promised to unite us, but he is doing all he can do [to] divide us.

- Former Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

I was told by somebody in the White House who said activists are angry. He had to do this. That was the argument. If he didn’t do this, they weren’t going to have people to lick envelopes in Senate races and House races.

- Chuck Todd, “Meet the Press,” talking about Pres. Biden’s speech on the filibuster and federalizing voting Instead of listening and trying to govern with the people, he is trying to govern over the people, and, you know, that, I’m sorry, I’m a student of history, too. I saw the rise of Hitler.

- Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, 44, comparing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to Hitler, ym”sh

Do I think that we are going to get to the extent of Hitler’s power? Of course not, but the rise of his power and what he did to scapegoat certain parts and certainly the Jewish community in Germany and how he utilized going after the media, going after and scapegoating people and blaming people and putting fear and taking over the military. That’s what this governor is doing.

– Ibid.

With this hysterical comparison, Fried not only smears millions of Floridians as Nazis, but also trivializes Hitler’s crimes against humanity.

- Gov DeSantis’ Press Secretary Christina Pushaw

The way to avoid delays caused by security arrangements is, of course, to leave home earlier.

- Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court judge Amit Yariv denying Bibi Netanyahu’s request that in his defamation suit against Ehud Olmert (for calling Netanyahu and his family mentally ill) court should start at 10 a.m., rather than at 9 a.m., to account for delays due to security

Well, guys, big news from Washington today as President Biden finally delivered a major update on his administration’s Covid response. Yeah, just like most phone updates, Biden kept hitting “ignore” until he had no choice.”

— Jimmy Fallon

That’s right, we’re all getting masks. Last year, we got 1,200 bucks; this year, cloth and a rubber band.

— Jimmy Fallon

The White House says N95 masks are the most protective, which is too bad, because I assumed the bedazzled ones I bought on Etsy were 100 percent Covid proof.

— Jimmy Fallon

Yeah, the N95 masks should be helpful. Unfortunately, out of habit, whenever somebody says, “N95,” Biden calls out, “Bingo.”

— Jimmy Fallon

They have sent the signal. They have been clear about it. They don’t care about minorities. They don’t care about Blacks. They don’t care about people in their own districts who they’re going to deny their voting rights and undermine their voting rights.

- Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) complaining that Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.VA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) are holding up the Democrats’ agenda

Democrats whine too much… Just quit being a whiny party and get out there and fight and tell people what you did and tell people the exact truth.

- Democratic strategist James Carville on “Meet the Press”

We do believe that, from engaging with the subject, he was singularly focused on one issue and it was not specifically related to the Jewish community.

- From a statement by the FBI after a radical Muslim took four people hostage in a Texas Reform Temple Former President Trump has reportedly been complaining to confidants about Florida governor Ron DeSantis and said he has a, quote, “dull personality.” I’m sorry, that’s suddenly a concern of yours? Your vice president was like if a rice cake went to Bible school.

— Seth Meyers

I feel like Trump is slipping. A few years ago, he would have had, like, 10 nicknames for this guy by now. He’s, like, “Ron Dull-Santis.”

— Jimmy Fallon

I think this is actually a nice change, ‘cause usually when two Florida guys get into a fight, they’re drunk and shirtless.

— Jimmy Fallon

I don’t think you can be the biggest jerk in the league and punish your team and your organization and your fan base the way he did and be the most valuable player.

- Hub Arkush, who is one of the 50 media members who votes for the NFL MVP award, saying on a radio show that he would never vote for Aaron Rodgers because of his saga with being unvaccinated

He’s a bum. I think he’s an absolute bum. You don’t know me. I don’t know who he is. Nobody knew who he was probably until yesterday’s comments. In my opinion, [the NFL] should exclude future votes [from Arkush]. His problem isn’t with me being a bad guy or the biggest jerk in the league.... His problem is I’m not vaccinated.

– Aaron Rodgers, in response

If he wants to come up with an extra letter and put it on the award just for this season and call it the Most Valuable Vaccinated Player award then he should do that. But he’s a bum.

– Ibid. I’m not an economist, but I’ve been doing this a long time. But here’s the way to look at it. If car prices are too high right now, there are two solutions: You increase the supply of cars by making more of them, or you reduce demand for cars by making Americans poorer. That’s the choice.