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Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt is the Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Fox News contributor on the cable network’s signature evening news roundtable, Mr. Hurt in his 20-year career has worked his way up from a beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He later served as D.C. bureau chief and White House correspondent for the New York Post and editor at the Drudge Report. He can be reached at churt@washingtontimes.com.

Columns by Charles Hurt

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has made multiple cringeworthy comments about race. (Associated Press)

Race-hustler Joe Biden

It is a testament to how fringe and unacceptable racism has become in America today — the worst thing you can accuse a politician of is racism. Published March 9, 2020

President Donald Trump arrives for a FOX News Channel town hall at the Scranton Cultural Center, Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Scranton, Pa., co-moderated by FNC's chief political anchor Bret Baier of "Special Report" and "The Story" anchor Martha MacCallum. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump is one hopeless optimist

Returning to the issue of civility in Washington, President Trump said he remains hopeful. But first, he said, he has to beat the Democrats one more time. Published March 5, 2020

In 2004, then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry was determined to connect with the NASCAR demographic that he went goose hunting. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

‘NASCAR Democrats,’ remember them? Neither do they

To the credit of those old Democrats, at least they were slightly capable of self-awareness. This crowd today would march right down the throat of a flaming volcano if somebody told them that doing so would hurt President Trump. Published February 17, 2020

Britain's Prince Harry decided to self-impeach. (Associated Press/File)

Prince Harry spares impeachment show trial

The prince of England has the good decency to impeach himself and spare his fellow countrymen all the tedium and stupidity of a rigged-up impeachment show trial. Published January 23, 2020

Impeachment manager Adam B. Schiff condemned the Senate on Tuesday for not issuing subpoenas he and his House colleagues refused to issue and lectured senators for not calling witnesses he himself had refused to call. (Associated Press)

Adam Schiff lectures Senate on Donald Trump impeachment

There is no amount of hyperventilating, hyperbole and flat-out lying that can paper over the disastrous case that House Democrats have asked the Senate to try in their effort to impeach President Trump, but Rep. Adam Schiff did his best, Published January 21, 2020

Rachel Maddow of MSNBC is just one of the news wags who keep shouting "bombshell!" regarding supposedly nefarious behavior in Ukraine. (Associated Press)

Another dud in the string of bombshells

You have to pity the bombshell-shocked American citizen trying to take seriously all the "shocking," "stunning" and "bombshell" news coming out of Washington these days. Published January 16, 2020

Cory Booker was no match for billionaire Michael Bloomberg. (Associated Press/File)

Cory Booker gives up fight for crazy ideas

As left wing and riled up as Spartacus is, he is simply no match for the fever dreams spun by the rest of the crazies in his party, all vying for the Holy Grail. Published January 13, 2020