Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Rep. Sarah McBride is a man — and other truisms Democrats detest
Rep. Keith Self, Texas Republican, recognized Rep. Sarah McBride, Delaware Democrat, on the House floor with a title of "Mister" not "Miss" -- and all heck broke loose from the Democrat camp. But Self was quite right. McBride is a mister. Published March 14, 2025
Democrats face brand crisis of their own making
A Navigator Research survey found Democrats are in deep trouble with voters in key battleground areas, mostly because they're not seen as responsive to the concerns of regular Americans. This isn't just a case of perception versus reality. Dems really do fall flat in areas of concern to citizens. Published March 13, 2025
American citizens don’t kiss feet
Lara Trump, current Fox News host and former Republican National Committee co-chair, said that Elon Musk and President Donald Trump were doing such a great job with DOGE that "people ought to be kissing [their] feet." Umm. No. American citizens don't kiss feet. Published March 12, 2025
America’s college antisemitism problem finally taken seriously
America, under President Trump, is restoring sanity to its places of higher learning and not just rooting out, but punishing, antisemitism. Published March 11, 2025
Bold and Blunt Video: Israelis reopen schools as war wages on
Israel has cut electricity to its plants in Gaza, the latest move in a war the IDF has waged against Hamas since the terror group abducted, murdered and tortured hundreds of Israelis in an unprovoked attack on October 7, 2023. But schools have reopened, and some normalcy is returning. Published March 10, 2025
Democrats, lose the gimmicks and grow up
It's high time Democrats lose the theatrics and leave the circus acts behind and join the ranks of intelligently thinking politicians who are actually trying to do things that move the country forward and better enable the citizens -- particularly the legal ones -- to provide for their families' futures. Published March 7, 2025
Democrats are delusional in their open embrace of illegals
Democrat mayors of Boston, Denver, New York City and Chicago just testified to members of the House Oversight Committee that the sanctuary policies they embrace to protect illegals from federal deportation actually -- get this -- make their streets safer. It's an interesting twist of logic. Published March 6, 2025
Sen. Slotkin, defender of Dems, serves up big slice of gaslight pie
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, the Democrats' choice to respond to President Trump's speech to Congress, took to national airwaves and accused this administration of leading America down a path to recession, insecurity and division. Umm. Doesn't she mean Joe Biden? Published March 5, 2025
Democrats and their frequent flip of evil for good
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu just offered condolences to the family of a man who tried stabbing people at Chick-fil-A but was halted when a nearby and off-duty police officer pulled his gun and shot him dead. Leave it to a Democrat. Published March 4, 2025
Ukraine President Poser, i.e. Zelenskyy, wearies welcome
A foreign leader who's taken hundreds of billions of American tax dollars to fight an enemy so as to achieve peace for his country ought to a) be grateful for the money and b) take a peace deal when it's offered. Published March 3, 2025
It’s Judea and Samaria, not the West Bank — and that matters hugely
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast has just issued a directive to his staff to refer to Judea and Samaria in Israel as Judea and Samaria -- not the West Bank, as Palestinians and much of the international community call it. Prepare for more similar shakeup. Published February 27, 2025
Joy Reid exits MSNBC with ludicrous cry of ‘fascism!’
MSNBC's fired Joy Reid exited, stage left, her news show hosting duties with a final warning to her far-left friends that "fascism" could very well be here in America. Isn't it just like fascists to mix up freedom for fascism? Published February 25, 2025
COVID is a scab that keeps on bleeding
It wasn't the coronavirus pandemic that drove apart the country. It was the bureaucratic class. So it's good news to hear that Sen. Rand Paul has introduced legislation to break up the health bureaucracy that gave us Anthony Fauci; that gave us an Anthony Fauci who wielded COVID like a sword. Published February 22, 2025
MMGA: It’s time to get tough on anti-American media
Too often, those in the press sling stupid questions that aren't aimed at getting answers but rather building cases against their conservative targets and coddling their Democrat friends. Published February 21, 2025
DOGE cost-cutting clock ticks away
The midterms do dawn. If DOGE isn't kicked into high gear -- into higher gear -- into highest gear -- the midterm results could indeed put a halt to Team Trump's waste-cutting measures. Published February 19, 2025
Vance in Munich strikes at core of leftist censorship, tyranny
Vice President J.D. Vance sent shock waves with a speech in Munich that called out Europe, and more specifically Germany, for censoring dissenting political viewpoints and keeping out conservative ideas from the tables of political debate. For that, he's been practically branded a Nazi sympathizer. Published February 18, 2025
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slipping into obscurity, irrelevance
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocked border enforcer Tom Homan for saying she may be "in trouble now" for coaching illegals how to avoid deportation, and on social media, she wrote, "MaYbe shE's goiNg to be in TroUble nOw." Here's a woman who could benefit from eating more fish. Published February 14, 2025
FEMA’s crimes against citizens a stern warning for other agencies
A top Federal Emergency Management Agency official was fired, along with three fellow employees, for paying out $59.3 million of tax dollars to house migrants in New York City. And all the Democrat fawners in the media go -- that's not true! Published February 13, 2025
Sen. Elizabeth Warren shows why Democrats won’t win
Sen. Elizabeth Warren responded to President Trump's campaign against government waste and corruption and Elon Musk's recent DOGE revelations by saying this administration is sending the nation to "a constitutional crisis." She's everything Americans voted against this pastt November. Published February 12, 2025
Democrats out themselves as corrupt by crying at USAID cuts
Where the money transfers go, there will the secrets be revealed. Chances are those who are currently crying the loudest about investigations into USAID are the ones who have the most to hide. Innocent people don't generally need to conceal their actions. Published February 11, 2025
