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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

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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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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Kimberly Guilfoyle smile as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Orlando Sanford International Airport, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Media watchdogging, COVID-19 style: That Republican rubbed his nose!

A recent Mediaite headline ran this way: "Maskless Ron DeSantis High-Fives Attendees at Packed Trump Rally, Rubs His Nose With Hand." Is this really where we're at, America? At a place and time where a Republican who rubs his nose in public makes national news headlines? For, umm, rubbing his nose?

October 13, 2020
FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Kentucky pastor: ‘A win for Joe Biden is a win for Marxism’

HIS church pastor Brian Gibson said in a sit-down interview in Owensboro, Kentucky, that if Joe Biden wins this November, and not Donald Trump, "it's the death of America" -- that "a Joe Biden win is a win for Marxism," he added. Ain't that the truth.

October 12, 2020
In this Sept. 12, 2003, file photo, William H. Gates Sr., left, smiles while sitting next to his son, Bill Gates Jr., during the dedication and grand opening of the William H. Gates Hall, the new home of the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle. Bill Gates Sr., a lawyer and philanthropist and father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, died Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at age 94. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)

Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci — blasted in coronavirus-weary Oklahoma

Oklahoma entrepreneur and podcaster Clay Clark has a bone to pick with Bill Gates. And it's one that goes like this: "I'm hoping to alert people to the idea that all [coronavirus] roads are leading to the gates of hell, a.k.a. Bill Gates, and his vaccines, which are nefarious, at best," he said.

October 12, 2020
17-year-old Makayla Scott, right, and teammate Lilly Goodwin practice skeet shooting at a skeet range in the back yard of their Alvon, W.Va. Makayla Scott's father built a skeet range in their backyard and gathered a team of middle- and high-school shotgun enthusiasts to shoot there. (John McCoy/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

Christians with guns as American as apple pie

Jesus approves of righteous anger and self-defense. Being Christian doesn't mean being a docile victim. Train the children in the way they should go -- and they won't run wild in the streets, smashing storefront windows, shooting rival gang members, gunning down innocent bystanders and citizens.

October 11, 2020
Scott Veley of Kensington, Conn. holds a Gadsden flag during a tea party protest at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) **FILE**

Tea party alive and kicking in Nashville

Nashville has a thriving tea party presence -- thriving, kicking, storming strong and politically charged. More than 202,000 follow the Nashville Tea Party page. More than that followed the group on LinkedIn -- until they got booted, that is. Why? The usual reasons: for the crime of being conservative.

October 11, 2020
Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller, center, along with secretaries from the Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture and Human Services join volunteers at the Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank, in Pittston Pa., Tuesday Sept. 29, 2020, to assist with packing food that will be distributed to individuals and families in need across Northeast Pennsylvania. September is Hunger Action Month, which recognizes the prevalence of hunger and effects of food insecurity across Pennsylvania. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)

Ioway tribesmen may be solution to what ails U.S. food security

One of President Donald Trump's signature messages in recent COVID-19 times has been to assure the American people that food -- access, supply and ability to buy -- would not be a problem, i.e., that food security would not be compromised. Well and good. But the Ioway tribesmen have been cutting edge on this issue for some time.

October 8, 2020
The State Capitol stands in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, July 1, 2020. Nebraska lawmakers will resume their session on July 20, 2020, after a four-month pause triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. They still have major issues to address, including a property tax package and an upgrade of Nebraska's biggest tax incentive program, but all of that may be overshadowed by the pandemic's impact on tax revenue. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Nebraska’s politically unique way of getting along

Nebraska is the only state in the nation with a unicameral legislature -- a zero party, zero partisanship House absent a Senate where bills are presented and debated absent the typical Republican versus Democrat bickering, then sent along to the governor for signing, or not. Founding Fathers would be proud.

October 7, 2020
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is basking in a national spotlight after keeping South Dakota open. She's emerged as one to watch for a 2024 run. (Associated Press)

Coronavirus fears, politics block common sense: Kristi Noem

It's one thing for Americans to take simple, sane, sensible solutions to protect themselves from getting sick. It's another thing entirely to shut down an entire nation, an entire economy, entire school and church and business communities, all for -- fear? Fear mixed with politics. So says South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem anyway.

October 6, 2020
In this image from video, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020.(Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP)

Kristi Noem: ‘We are best served by leaders that know their place’

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, in a sit-down interview in her official offices, said the flare-up of violence around the nation is "astounding" and comes from "poor leadership" -- and "overwhelmingly, these are Democrat-led communities." Precisely. That's the nugget of political truth the mainstream media wants voters to avoid seeing.

October 5, 2020
Supporters of President Donald Trump circle the State Capitol as they protest Gov. Tim Walz's "Stay Home MN" orders meant to slow the spread of COVID-19, Saturday, May 2, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

Pipestone: A small Minnesota town with massive American spirit

Pipestone is a small town with a massive American spirit. And in this day and age of hate-filled politics, partisan punditry and vicious attacks in the streets masquerading as First Amendment peaceful protests, it's a breath of fresh air to find people who not only love America, but actively live out American values.

October 4, 2020
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker talks about the amount of testing going on for professional sports and players staying in a bubble compared to high school athletes when asked why high school football was being delayed during a press conference to speak about the state surpassing 5 million COVID-19 tests since the beginning of the pandemic at the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Coronavirus backlash builds as politics of virus becomes evident

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker just ordered a new wave of COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants in certain counties. In certain Region 1 counties. In certain Republican-voting counties, that is. And that is raising some interesting questions among business owners and medical professionals alike who wonder: Is it the virus, or politics?

October 2, 2020
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks in an announcement of his ending the campaign for president, in South Bend, Ind., Sunday, March 1, 2020. Buttigieg, who rose from being the Indiana mayor to a barrier-breaking, top-tier candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, ended his campaign on Sunday. (Santiago Flores/South Bend Tribune via AP)

South Bend, Indiana, is one strange electoral animal

Twenty-to-one. That's the ratio of Donald Trump to Joe Biden campaign signs that can be seen while driving the northern country roads of Pennsylvania and Ohio into Indiana. And that's being generous. To Biden. In some places, for some seemingly endlessly long stretches of time and roadway, the ratio was more like 30:1.

September 30, 2020
A visitor views the Liberty Bell from outside as the center is temporarily closed for cleaning in Philadelphia, Monday, March 16, 2020. In a new front to slow the spread of the new coronavirus in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all restaurants and bars to close their dine-in facilities in five heavily populated counties starting Monday. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philadelphia down due to COVID-19, but far from out

Philadelphia may be masked, depressed and a bit down due to the coronavirus -- but it's definitely not out. There's still a spirit hovering about the Liberty Bell; there's still a sort of hushed awe staring at the very buildings Founding Fathers hashed out America's great government.

September 28, 2020
President Donald Trump gestures to supporters after a Latinos for Trump event at Trump National Doral Miami resort, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

America’s November decision: Socialism or individualism

President Donald Trump said in a campaign rally from Florida -- a state with a large population of people who fled dictatorial Cuba -- that this election, this November, is about keeping America free of the "socialists and communists" the prior Barack Obama administration oh-so-blithely embraced. It's a showdown, alrighty.

September 26, 2020
In this May 28, 2020, file photo, mail-in primary election ballots are processed at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa. With concerns rising in Pennsylvania that tens of thousands of mail-in ballots will be discarded in the presidential election over technicalities, officials in the battleground state told counties that they aren't allowed to reject a ballot solely because an election official believes a signature doesn't match the signature in the voter’s file. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Donald Trump ballots in trash, oh my

What a coincidence. Democrats have a crappy candidate for president. Democrats are on an all-courts press to get as many voters as possible to mail in ballots, rather than vote in person. And here are these "Trump for president" ballots from Luzerne County that turn up discarded. What's a good GOPer to think?

September 25, 2020