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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

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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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy’s fatal flaw in politics: He turned to Democrats

Kevin McCarthy, ousted speaker of the House, blamed Democrats for his removal and said Nancy Pelosi didn't honor a commitment to back him. What's that, Lassie? The Democrats acted deceitfully? And that right there is the reason McCarthy is ousted -- and rightly deserves to be ousted. Published October 4, 2023

A sales associate arranges a display of guns at a firearms store in Burbank, Calif., June 23, 2022 (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Bold & Blunt: Big Business caught stealing away gun rights

Sen. Ted Cruz and his staff recently discovered Intuit, a financial services provider in Texas, was refusing to provide certain accounting services to manufacturers and sellers of firearms -- and of even businesses that make the parts that go into the building of firearms. Talk about the weaponization of the free market. Published October 4, 2023

Former President Donald Trump arrives before entering a courtroom in New York Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, to attend the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that already has resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in his business dealings. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Trump one handcuff photo away from historic MAGA wins

Donald Trump sat next to his attorney as cameras captured both the stony stares of the politically charged globalist-funded attorney general who's prosecuting the former president, and the smiley-faced primping of the judge as he posed for the pictures. That's not just biased and unprofessional. That's a circus act. Published October 3, 2023

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., joined by Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, about Medicare for All. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Rep. Jamaal Bowman should be expelled because you and I would be arrested

Rep. Jamaal Bowman is under investigation for pulling a fire alarm as his fellow Democrats were desperately trying to delay a vote -- an action that resulted in the full-scale response of law enforcement and the clearing of the federal building. He says he was just trying to open a door. He's obviously lying. Published October 2, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, April 29, 2023.Democrats were already concerned about President Joe Biden's age, his leadership on the economy and his stalled agenda in Congress. And on Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland exposed another significant vulnerability for Biden's reelection by appointing a special counsel to probe the president's son, Hunter Biden. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

God establishes equity, not Democrats

Leftists love to talk about the need for equity in America, equity in business; they love to talk up the need for diversity, equity and inclusion standards to be created by government.They see it as a morally righteous imperative. But equity is actually the domain of God. Published September 29, 2023

Former President Donald Trump dances after finishing his remarks at a rally in Summerville, S.C., Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr.)

Bold & Blunt: The dangerous Democrat quest to erase Donald Trump

Righteously indignant Democrats are on a war path to eradicate Donald Trump from American politics. And their latest attempt is to take to the courts to use the 14th Amendment to claim he incited an insurrection and should not be allowed on the ballots. Perilous times, America. Perilous times. Published September 28, 2023

This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, right, conferring with defense lawyer Todd Blanche, center, during his appearance at the federal courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Special counsel Jack Smith sits at left. Lawyers for Trump are due back in court Monday, Aug. 28, as a federal judge considers radically conflicting proposals for a trial date in the case accusing him of working to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Dana Verkouteren via AP, File)

Democrats weaponize Constitution to destroy Trump

Democrats want to slap gag orders on Donald Trump so that while campaigning for president, he doesn't make any statements that might, well, truthfully speaking, show his innocence. Nothing like an innocent defendant to muck up a good politically weaponized attack. Published September 28, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom answers questions after he signed three gun control measures during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday Sept, 26, 2023, (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Democrats ratchet assaults on gun rights

California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a handful of new gun control measures, including one that makes life harder for concealed carriers and another that adds taxes to the price of firearms and ammunition. Yeah. That oughta keep firearms out of the hands of criminals. Published September 27, 2023

People walk by cracked earth in an area once under the water of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Jan. 27, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. More Americans believe they've personally felt the impact of climate change because of recent extreme weather according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Bold & Blunt: Climate alarmism’s Marxist depopulation designs

Democrats have for years been on a warpath to control populations based on cries about carbon dioxide emissions and the need to save the planet from environmental degradation. But are you aware of the genesis of this entire radical environmentalist movement? Hint: Think World War Two. Published September 26, 2023

Former President Donald Trump stands on stage before speaking at a Concerned Women for America Summit at the Capitol Hilton, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Democrats once again fail to understand Trump

MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough -- who used to be a Republican, remember -- snarked at a new Washington Post poll showing Donald Trump would handily beat Joe Biden for president, and said when he heard the news he "literally started laughing out loud." He shouldn't laugh. Published September 26, 2023

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the Democratic leadership arrive to speak with reporters following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats dropping religion like dead flies

Godless Democrats -- it's not just the imagination. They really are losing their religion. No wonder they're always advocating for big, bigger, biggest government. It's all they have. Published September 25, 2023

In this Monday, 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. Only a few legacy-defining moments have clung to Trump. But the forceful clearing of demonstrators from the park across from the White House has resonated like few others, sending Trump’s poll numbers tumbling and prompting top military leaders and usually lockstep Republicans to distance themselves from the president. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Christian nationalists to the rescue! America needs godly patriots

Leftists over the last few years have corrupted the term "Christian nationalist" to make it seem a negative -- a term to describe racists, misogynists, intolerants and haters. But it's really the foundation of American exceptionalism. What America needs are more Christian nationalists, not fewer. Published September 22, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his "Investing in America Cabinet," in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S. lawfully for two years, an administration official said Monday, May 8. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Thousands of illegal immigrants overwhelming U.S. cities: Deport or die, America

More than 45,000 have tried to cross into America from Mexico in the last five days. The mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, has declared a state of emergency to deal with the illegals. And places thousands of miles from the border have become overwhelmed. America is on the cusp of breaking. Published September 21, 2023

American flags and a pride flag hang from the White House before a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bold & Blunt: Marxists in the White House

Perhaps like no other White House in American history, this current Joe Biden administration pushes an agenda that is in direct conflict with the Constitution, with individualism, with liberty and with all that makes the country exceptional. It's not by accident. Published September 19, 2023

Statue of Liberty and American dream of freedom realized Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Communism tracks through America

Truly, today's Democrats are communists in what they practice and preach. And they're making massive headway into much of American society. Published September 19, 2023

Students from Regional School Unit 5 wear COVID face coverings as they head home on a school bus, Jan. 5, 2022, in Freeport, Maine. Officials across the U.S. are again weighing how and whether to impose mask mandates as COVID-19 infections soar and the American public grows weary of pandemic-related restrictions. Much of the debate centers around the nation’s schools, some of which closed due to infection-related staffing issues. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Five-plus reasons why Americans should fight the face masks

Face mask mandates are coming back and this is the situation: Fight them, resist them, mock them and demand the bureaucrats who issue them stand down and step aside -- or America will soon see its next nationwide lockdown and loss of liberty. The face masks are the gateway for tyrants. Published September 18, 2023

An Auburn University student is baptized under the glow of automobile headlights Tuesday evening, one of hundreds who came forward after a worship meeting on the 31,000-student campus. (Photo by Unite Auburn, used with permission.)

God lives! And that means America does, as well

Between 100 and 200 Auburn University student were baptized after attending a mass worship service where the preaching focused heavily on abstinence and the need to refrain from sexual immorality. This isn't just a good thing for the spiritual grounding of America's youth. It's a good thing for freedom. Published September 15, 2023

Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, participates in a panel during the One Planet Summit in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Bold & Blunt: Larry Fink, Blackrock and the communist takeover of free markets

One of America's biggest threats to individual liberties and the free market is also one of the most unknown, underreported, under-the-radar, unreported topics: that is, Larry Fink and the Blackrock investment firm he leads. He's pushing America deep down a path of China-like communism. Published September 14, 2023