Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions
This claim:
“We lowered the price of everything.” — Former President Joe Biden, Friday
We say: Uh oh, Joe’s into the Rocky Road again. Maybe if you too slept through his presidency you could buy Biden’s line that his was a golden age of affordability.
But if you had to buy groceries or pay for gas then, you surely saw how inflation ran red-hot on his watch: Home prices alone soared 38% and gasoline prices rose 31% — while real wages fell 4%. Affordability? Please.
This charge:
“. . . having a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists, and the Ph.D.s, and replacing them with . . . people who don’t know anything.” — Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Monday
We say: Justice Jackson’s snobbery is showing: Her remark during Supreme Court arguments on the president’s power to fire the heads of “independent” agencies drips with elitist dedication to the cult of expertise.
Liberals like Jackson hate democratic control of key institutions, which is why they favor the installation of unelected experts as our true rulers.
This comparison:
“When I hear Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric it reminds me of the way Nazis described Jewish people.” — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Sunday
We say: Desperate to distract America from news of massive welfare fraud by members of her own Somali community, Omar yelled “Nazi” at Stephen Miller — perhaps the highest-profile Jew on the Trump team — for noting that mass migration can import cultural dysfunction along with people.
With her long history of antisemitic comments, maybe Omar should avoid calling Jews Nazis.
This statement:
“We have to create a policy that actually puts these New Yorkers in a place that is warm, not a place that is just as cold.” — Zohran Mamdani, Tuesday
We say: Mamdani has vowed to reverse Mayor Eric Adams’ policy of dismantling homeless camps, saying he’ll focus on connecting homeless people to permanent housing.
Nice goal — but much easier said than done. As for leaving anyone in the “cold”: New York City’s “right to shelter” means a warm bed is available to all who want one.
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
