Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
‘Lord’ monument scrubbing a shameful sign of the times
So the Tega Cay City Council decided that the reference to the "Lord" on a monument honoring fallen police officers was too controversial, and they scrubbed and scrubbed until the offending word was removed. And when that wasn't enough, they removed the memorial completely. What a sad, sorry sign of modern American times. Published July 25, 2019
California progressives up in arms over ‘straight pride parade’
Progressives in the California city of Modesto are shocked and outraged and appalled -- that last, a good liberal's favorite expression, particularly when pronounced Ah-Paaahhhled -- because officials are poised to approve a permit to hold a "Straight Pride Parade" in the community. Well, note to progressives: Too bad. Published July 25, 2019
America’s Joe Q. Public biggest loser on Robert Mueller
Former special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited testimony on Capitol Hill died a quick death, with pundits sloshing around words like "painful" and "frail" to describe the special counsel's presence and performance. It's time for the left to move on. It's time for Democrats to admit defeat and focus on policy. Published July 25, 2019
Donald Trump’s not-so-insignificant kudos from gay guy with AIDS
A self-described "gay man living with HIV/AIDS" issued a strong defense on Twitter of President Donald Trump, telling the social media world that under this administration, he's finally received the necessary treatment cure of his ailment. Imagine that. This is not your Democrats' vision of Trump. Published July 24, 2019
Rashida Tlaib, the lunatic fringe of politics
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, in a speech delivered from the floor of the House, likened the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel to America's boycott of Nazi Germany. And that's just the latest of her madness. Published July 24, 2019
Lessons on immigration from ‘Little House on the Prairie’
NBC network COZI TV just played Season 2, Episode 20 of "Little House on the Prairie," the one titled the "Centennial" -- and boy, what a face-slapping reality check of how far our country has strayed, in the span of about 40 years, from its moral, political and cultural compasses. Particularly, pertaining to immigration. Published July 20, 2019
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not a socialist
Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC fame said during a recent television sit-down with a couple guests that calling the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a socialist was patently untrue -- that it was simply "opposition research" garbage from conservatives and Republicans and President Donald Trump's supporters and base. Come again? Published July 19, 2019
Ted Cruz, Bill Cassidy take on ‘terrorist organization’ antifa
Sens. Ted Cruz and Bill Cassidy introduced a resolution to formally label antifa a domestic terrorist organization and saying, in follow-up written remarks, that the group "must be stopped," that its members are fascists "protected by liberal privilege," and that it's high time elected officials stepped in and did something. Agreed. Published July 19, 2019
Tucker Carlson, Berkeley’s idea of a ‘white supremacist goblin’
Berkeley City Council member Rigel Robinson turned down an invitation to talk about the renaming of manholes as "maintenance holes" on Fox News with Tucker Carlson, calling the host a "white supremacist goblin" and a "racist" and a bunch of other stuff. It's always a good thing when crazy people denounce you. Published July 19, 2019
Pentagon’s weaponized ticks wouldn’t be worst military secret
Rep. Christopher Smith added an amendment to a defense bill ordering the Pentagon to admit whether it experimented with ticks for biological weaponry, and if those experiments contributed to the massive Lyme disease explosion. If true -- it wouldn't be the worst secret experimentation conducted by the U.S. government. Published July 18, 2019
Racism alert: 32% Democrats say white pols can’t criticize blacks
In what has to be one of the most interesting polls of the day, Rasmussen Reports finds that "one-in-three Democrats think it's racism any time a white politician criticizes a politician of color." Published July 17, 2019
‘Squad?’ Squanderers is more like it
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar have managed to ball their socialist viewpoints into a cute and college-y sounding name, branding themselves the cute-sounding "squad." But at root, they're socialists -- and that makes them, automatically and by logical extension, squanderers. Published July 17, 2019
Boston’s Christian flag problem
Boston is being sued over barring a group, Camp Constitution, from flying its Christian flag as part of the city's recent Constitution Day celebrations. Think about that for a moment. Wasn't Boston at the forefront of Americans' fight for independence from Britain -- a fight that was based largely on the quest for religious freedom? For specifically, Christian religious freedom? My, how times have changed. Published July 17, 2019
Religious ‘nones’ on the rise, bringing the rot of socialism
Between 2008 and 2018, the level of religious "nones" in the United States -- those absorbing to no particular belief in a higher power-- has risen from just more than 22% to nearly 30%. That explains much. Like what? Like how come socialists in America have come to political power, for one. Published July 16, 2019
Ayanna Pressley’s childish anti-Trump ‘occupant’ stand
Rep. Ayanna Pressley said at a press conference this week that President Donald Trump, in her mind -- from her lips -- would always be considered an unauthorized, illegitimate "occupant" of the White House. She's not just thumbing her nose at Trump. She's thumbing her nose at the American people. And oh so childishly so. Published July 16, 2019
Socialists are the enemy — and that’s not racist to say
Much ado has been made over President Donald Trump's recent tweets telling "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen" -- that is to say, socialists -- to exit America, stage right. But the president's message is valid. Simply put: Socialists -- which is what Democrats have become -- don't belong in America's government. Published July 16, 2019
Trump’s tweets hardly as ‘racist’ as Virginia’s governor
This is how the media works: President Donald Trump is being labeled an outright utter racist for telling progressive members of Congress to get out, go back where they belong -- back to the socialist-styled countries of corrupt governance they love to defend. But Virginia's governor, who apologized for a "racist and offensive" costume in his yearbook photo, is still happily governing. Double standard? Published July 15, 2019
Democrats need to control their freshmen
At the risk of being called racist -- Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley ought to retire to their congressional corners, crack open a copy of the Constitution and spend some quiet time reading. Maybe then they'd learn how the public servant class is supposed to operate in this country. Published July 15, 2019
Democrats, ‘Douglass Plan’ set course for more racial division
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech imagining a time when his children "will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Then, as now, the words ring powerful. But with Democrats at the helm, that dream will never come. Published July 13, 2019
Hillary Clinton’s people still insist it’s the woman thing
Jennifer Palmieri, the former communications director for then-presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, chalked up her candidate's loss to -- get this, it's broken-record-meet-deja-vu, ta da ta da -- sexism. Again with the freaking gender card. Seriously, now. Stop. It's making women -- all women -- look bad. Published July 12, 2019
