Fact-Check: Missing Context

“[Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia] are far weaker today than they were when I took office.” —Joe Biden (All the bloodshed in Ukraine, Israel, and Afghanistan is on Biden’s hands…)

The BIG Lies

“We’ve run a campaign that’s basically scandal-free. That’s hard to do in American politics these days.” —Joe Biden

“Those of us on the [J6] committee are very proud of the work we did. We were doing vital, quintessential oversight.” —Senator-elect Adam Schiff

Dezinformatsiya

“Polls show that around half of Americans don’t trust the FBI … but perhaps no one is more to blame for that than Mr. Trump himself, who has baselessly accused the bureau of conducting witch hunts against him.” —NBC News’s Ken Dilanian

Hindsight Is 20/20

“I wish I didn’t pull that d*mn fire alarm, ya now what I’m sayin’?” —outgoing Congressman Jamaal Bowman

Can’t Fix Stupid

“I don’t know what people were thinking when they voted for [Trump]. … I think that they have been misinformed, misled by other networks. You know, people get mad at us. They say we’re one-sided here. The statistics are here.” —"The View" co-host Joy Behar

“I thought it was a real flex when The Wall Street Journal pointed out that I might have been the least wealthy person to ever run for vice president. And I thought that would be something people say, ‘Well, this guy knows where we’re coming from. He’s had to pay his bills.’” —Tim Walz

“The Democratic Party really is focused on the things [Americans] care about.” —Tim Walz

Straight From the Horse’s Mouth

“Unfortunately, the Democratic Party has the stench of losers written all over the party. And I’m sorry, I’m speaking as a Democrat myself. It brings me no joy to say it. But I feel like Democrats are going to be consigned to the wilderness for at least the next four to eight years.” —DNC official Lindy Li

For the Record

“The arrest of Luigi Mangione for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is more than a criminal case. It is a test of America’s ability to distinguish right from wrong. At this point, far too many Americans have flunked that test.” —Matthew Continetti

“The moment you let morality out the door, the second you rationalize terrorism, you open yourself to nihilism and self-destruction. This isn’t just the theme of great literature. It’s the lesson of radical politics from the Jacobins to al Qaeda. The idea that some Americans would walk down the same dark road out of frustration with health insurers is horrifying.” —Matthew Continetti

Political Futures

“A danger of populism is that it can succumb to pure nostalgia and become overly defensive, giving in to a distrust of technology, big companies and economic change. So long as [Elon] Musk is a major player in Trump’s world, there is a strong counter to this tendency.” —Rich Lowry