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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Who is Ray Epps? Who is John Galt?

Who is Ray Epps? -- Sen. Ted Cruz asked. Who is John Galt? -- might as well have been the FBI's Jill Sanborn's answer. That's like saying, a la Ayn Rand "Atlas Shrugged"-like, "Who knows?" or "Why ask me -- how would I know?" A simple yes or no should suffice.

January 13, 2022
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, became the face of the federal government’s COVID-19 policy when he stepped onto a White House podium in February 2020. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Dr. Fauci tips hubris hat with ‘moron’ slam of senator

Dr. Anthony Fauci was captured in a hot mic moment calling Sen. Roger Marshall a "moron" because he didn't like being questioned about his COVID-tied financial disclosures. This says all Americans need to know about Fauci. Arrogant, disrespectful, condescending to the core.

January 12, 2022
Former President Donald Trump speaks during his Save America rally in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021. A resurgent GOP is poised to reclaim one, if not both, chambers of Congress and retain its lock on dozens of state legislatures and governor’s offices. The turnaround — which is expected but far from assured — is fueled by an unpopular Joe Biden presidency, deep frustration with the lingering pandemic and fresh concerns about inflation, as well as the GOP having history on its side. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Donald Trump keeps on winning with minorities

If Donald Trump were to face off against Joe Biden today, minorities by a wide margin would choose Trump, according to a survey conducted by the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports. That's astonishing -- right? No. Only to those who get their news from CNN et al.

January 11, 2022
In this Dec. 9, 2019, file photo, Michelle Obama listens to female students at the Can Giuoc high school in Long An province, Vietnam. NBA player Steph Curry and musical artists H.E.R. and Jennifer Lopez are among celebrities who have joined a national nonpartisan voting initiative launched by Michelle Obama as the effort gears up for the November congressional elections. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

Michelle Obama enters politics with vengeance, bent on revenge

Former first lady Michelle Obama is partnering her foundation with 30 other groups to register a million new voters before the midterms. It's go time for the left. Her entry into election politicking guarantees this fight over the Electoral College is the Dems' signature campaign issue this year.

January 11, 2022
First responders, health care workers and law enforcement personnel line up outside of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, to receive their first dose of the Moderna vaccine to combat the coronavirus. Gillette Stadium opened last week as the first mass vaccination site in Massachusetts. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP) ** FILE **

COVID-19 stats finally take turn to truth

Massachusetts announced that hospitals in the state will start to distinguish between patients who are admitted because of COVID-19 versus patients who happen to test positive for COVID-19, but have been admitted for some other health ailment. Wow. Truth-telling. What an idea.

January 10, 2022
A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Children's hospital, Nov. 5, 2021, in Chicago. The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in close to record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are not vaccinated. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

FDA and its flimsy COVID-19 FOIA dodge falls flat with federal judge

The FDA was just told by a federal judge that no, it can't take 75 years to release documents showing the process of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine licensing approval -- that it has to cough up the data within eight months. That's a significant win for open-government advocates.

January 7, 2022
This Sept. 9, 2016, file photo shows Harkness Tower on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

Save the kids, quit the college

Nowadays, parents are better off keeping Johnny in the basement playing video games for another year. Better to rot their minds with gaming than socialist-Marxist-globalist propaganda and COVID-19-tied protocols that teach them solely to fear and obey.

January 6, 2022
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announces his upcoming budget proposal during a news conference inside The Market at 25th in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) ** FILE **

Dear Ralph Northam: Don’t let the door hit you

Northern Virginia was hit by the worst snowstorms in -- well, maybe ever, this week, leaving thousands of residents without power or heat, as temperatures dropped to below freezing, and thousands more struggling to stay alive in their stalled or otherwise stopped vehicles on Interstate 95 and the alternate north-south Route 1. And where were the Democrats? Where was Virginia's illustrious Democratic governor, Ralph Northam? Good question.

January 6, 2022
In this file photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference urging the Senate to secure a pathway to citizenship in President Joe Biden's legislative agenda Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is textbook hypocritical socialist

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez serves a constituency that's been among the most consistently clamped in the nation when it comes to civil rights, civil liberties and civil freedoms, due to political power-grabs based on drummed-up COVID-19 fears. But does she hold herself to these same strict anti-constitutional crackdowns? Nope.

January 5, 2022
Transgender flag at LGBT gay pride march. (Photo credit: Ink Drop via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

China has a point about sissy men

The Chinese Communist Party has just kicked off a cultural campaign to make sure men are dressing and behaving like men and that the effeminate look won't cripple President Xi Jinping's push to become the leading world power. America could take a memo.

January 4, 2022
President Joe Biden waves as he leaves St. Ann Roman Catholic Church after attending Mass in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Joe Biden has really sucky poll numbers

If President Joe Biden had any ambitions to ring in the new year with newfound favorability among Americans, he can put that dream back in the box. His most recent poll numbers show he trails Donald Trump in a fictional matchup by almost five points. How low can Joe go.

January 3, 2022
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., walks to a caucus lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Manchin is a weak gate guard on Build Back Better socialism

Sen. Joe Manchin III said "no" to President Biden's signature Build Back Better agenda, putting a nail in the Pandora's box of massive spending that would have shot the nation far down the field toward socialism. But will he hold the line? Manchin has voted with Biden's agenda 97% of the time.

December 21, 2021
In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks at a rally in Montgomery, Ala. Palin says she tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, including wearing masks in public. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Sarah Palin, still making sense after all these years

Former vice presidential contender and ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaking from Phoenix, Arizona, on America's coronavirus chaos, called out the flip-flopping nature of Dr. Anthony Fauci's science, the failure of the medical community to talk up natural immunity and the unconstitutional, unlawful aspects of a vaccine mandate.

December 20, 2021
President Joe Biden is greeted as he arrives at Columbia Metropolitan Airport on Air Force One in West Columbia, S.C., en route to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrats, globalists are determined to keep coronavirus as crisis

President Joe Biden told a coronavirus-weary nation that those who are still unvaccinated are looking at a winter season of "severe illness and death," and that the omicron variant was only "going to increase" as the days turn to weeks and months. Say hello to science, Democrat style.

December 18, 2021
President Joe Biden listens as he meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Flatten the curve and other coronavirus lies

Flatten the curve -- it's a phrase that's a whisper from days gone by. But fast-forward to today and to today's Democrat-fueled crackdowns on personal liberties and it's obvious: The coronavirus has become never-ending. And that's just how the left wants it.

December 16, 2021
U.S. former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her speech during an international conference that aims to fast-track the road to gender equality and mobilize millions of dollars to achieve the long-sought goal quickly, at the Louvre Carrousel in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ Hail Mary

Democrats are busily scurrying for a fresh new face to run for 2024 because, as the whispers go, President Biden, isn't working out too well. He can't get inflation under control, he can't get the coronavirus under control, he can't keep Russia in control. Yada, yada, the theme repeats.

December 16, 2021
Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington on March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk slam-dunks a big win over Sen. Elizabeth Warren

The just-named "Time Person of the Year" Elon Musk told Sen. Elizabeth Warren to stop acting like a kid's "angry mom" after she called him a "freeloader" for paying low taxes despite his billionaire status. Sorry, but this round goes to Musk.

December 15, 2021
President Joe Biden talks to reporters after receiving a briefing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the federal response to tornado damage, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s approval dismal, even by dismal standards

President Biden is losing favor with the American public to such an extent that he's giving dismal a positive spin. It's a spiraling trend the Democrats are dreading, given the midterms are right around the corner.

December 14, 2021
The steeple of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church is silhouetted against the evening sky, Monday, June 14, 2021, in Galesburg, Ill. Settled more than 180 years ago, Galesburg was built around Knox College, founded by Presbyterians from upstate New York seeking a Christian school on the western frontier. The city soon became home to Illinois' first anti-slavery society. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar) ** FILE **

‘SNL’ blasphemes with twerking Jesus sketch

"Saturday Night Live" kicked off the Christmas season with a "Hip-Hop Nativity" segment that set Mary as a stripper, Joseph as the "baby daddy" and Jesus as a twerking infant. Blasphemous and unfunny.

December 13, 2021