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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

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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Vice President Kamala Harris is greeted by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as she arrives Friday, June 18, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Atlanta elites seek to secede from crime infested city

Atlanta's wealthy Buckhead district residents say they've seen enough crime -- they've dodged enough bullets -- that they're seeking to secede from the rest of the city. The once-majestic jewel of the South has been brought low by a 50% increase in murders in about a year's time.

June 30, 2021
Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price and Brooke Andersen stand for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Price won, Andersen was second, and Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Gwen Berry continues left’s great divide of America

Olympic hammer thrower Gwendolyn Berry made national headlines when she turned from the U.S. flag while America's national anthem played and raised a black T-shirt upon which was emblazoned the slogan, "Activist Athlete." She doesn't belong on the U.S. Olympics field.

June 29, 2021
President Joe Biden gestures as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Washington. Biden is returning from a weekend at Camp David. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden blows up fact-checkers with false cannon-gun comparisons

When Joe Biden tried to claim the Second Amendment bans private citizens from owning cannons -- as a means of making the case for common sense gun control -- even the fact-checkers at the left-leaning, liberal-supporting Washington Post had to, well, check his facts.

June 28, 2021
Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News speaks as President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate in Cleveland on Sept. 29, 2020. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP, File)

Chris Wallace goes full-force leftist to blame GOP for defunding police

Chris Wallace of Fox News actually blamed Republicans for defunding the police during a recent "Fox News Sunday" segment. And all the baffled viewers go: Come again? This is classic leftist rebranding at work. Call it a "taking a page from state-run media playbook" moment.

June 28, 2021
Mike Pompeo, former secretary of state under the Trump administration, accepts an award on Thursday, June 24, 2021, on stage at the National Religious Broadcasters conference held at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. (Cheryl Chumley/The Washington Times)

Mike Pompeo exemplifies humble service

Mike Pompeo openly declared that without God, his high-ranking West Point, congressional, CIA and White House successes would not have been possible. If only more in politics believed and said similarly, then America wouldn't be facing a problem with socialism.

June 24, 2021
In this May 11, 2021, file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Photo via AP, File)

COVID-19: The left’s never-ending tool of control

America spent the last coronavirus year-plus in fearful, fear-filled, hunker-down mode, shut out of schools, shut out of work, shut out of churches -- shut out of freedom. And on that, the left pounced, using COVID-19 to great political advantage. Now come the variants.

June 23, 2021
In this image provided by Liberty University, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., speaks in the Convocation Center at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo /Liberty University, Ty Hester) ** FILE **

Christian backlash, as left goes too far

There's a principle of life that goes, 'You can only push someone so far before they break." That's the left, toward Christians. And now Christians are beginning to break -- and fight.

June 22, 2021
A registered nurse fills syringes with Pfizer vaccines at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Bellingham, Wash. Washington is the latest state to offer prizes to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, with Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announcing a series of giveaways during the month of June that includes lottery drawings totaling $2 million, college tuition assistance, airline tickets and game systems.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Colleges that force COVID vaccine should be sued

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on the heels of an emergency meeting to look at complaints of heart inflammation in young men as a side effect of the coronavirus vaccine, have determined that there seems to be a correlation. So why are America's colleges mandating this shot for students?

June 15, 2021
Nuns look at Pope Francis, top right, as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 13, 2021. Francis demanded during his speech for humanitarian aid to reach residents of the war-torn Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are blocking food and other assistance. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Victimhood is an epidemic

Pope Francis said the poor shouldn't be blamed "for their condition" because poverty is rooted in "selfishness" -- a characterization that suggests that without handouts, the downtrodden would stay downtrodden. That's a victimhood mentality that's killing American freedoms.

June 15, 2021
From left, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, US President Joe Biden, President of France, Emmanuel Macron and European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speak after posing for photos for the Leaders official welcome and group photo session, during the G7 Summit, in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Covax: Biden’s redistribution of vaccine-wealth scheme

President Joe Biden just announced a plan to buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus shot to distribute around the world "with no strings attached," he said. Isn't that special. But when Joe Biden gives, it's not from his own pockets. It's from yours. Mine. All of ours in fact.

June 12, 2021
FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2020, file photo, dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich. The Biden administration plans to provide 500 million shots purchased from Pfizer to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year through the U.N.-backed COVAX program. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

CDC — shh! — has a COVID shot ‘heart inflammation’ emergency

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold an "emergency meeting" of advisers to talk about the higher-than-expected numbers of young men who've experienced heart inflammation after taking doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against coronavirus. Shh!!

June 11, 2021
A photo collage of Lamar High School staff hangs on the wall in the school in this file photograph taken March 31, 2015. Colorado lawmakers are considering a proposal to ban Native American mascots in public schools and colleges. the state Senate Education Committee is scheduled to discuss a measure Thursday, April 1, 2021, that would impose a $25,000 monthly fine on public schools, colleges and universities that continue to use an American Indian-themed mascot after June 1, 2022. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via The AP) ** FILE **

America’s public school servants are out of control

In New York, a parent jumped on the stage after a member of the Penfield Central School Board called him an "a--hole" during a heated debate over critical race theory and face masking of students. This is everything that's wrong with America's public schools, in one brief exchange.

June 10, 2021
This Dec. 16, 2019 file photo shows composer and executive producer Andrew Lloyd Webber attending the world premiere of 'Cats' in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) **FILE**

Andrew Lloyd Webber emerges as post-coronavirus freedom fighter

World-renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has a coronavirus-tied message for his U.K. government that goes like this: Back the freak off. All Americans should be so bold, both now and in the future -- in the future, as leftists continue to exploit COVID for political gain.

June 9, 2021
The 40th anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan is approaching, cited as significant by presidential historian Craig Shirley. Reagan had only been in office for 69 days. (Associated Press)

Reagan warned us about Fauci

Dr. Anthony Fauci is part of that elitist class of which President Ronald Reagan warned when he said the nine most terrifying words in the English language were, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

June 8, 2021
In this Jan. 14, 2016, file photo, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a luncheon at the NCAA Convention in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) ** FILE **

Condoleezza Rice for president!

Condoleezza Rice said yes, America's history is filled with acts and occasions and instances of racism, but it's a disservice to truth to therefore say all of America is racist, and all of America's governing documents are inherently racist. Madam President some day?

June 7, 2021
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth COVID-19 shot, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden has some ‘splainin’ to do about Fauci

President Biden, on the heels of the revealing emails that cast Anthony Fauci as deceptive on the coronavirus, said he is still "very confident" in the good doctor. Why? On what does he base that confidence? As for the rest of America, we want answers.

June 5, 2021
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. talks to an aide during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on the Capitol breach on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exploits own grandmother

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter slammed the former president, Donald Trump, for failing to provide money to her Hurricane Maria-victimized and ailing grandmother, whom she now says is being forced to live in subpar housing. Thine, not mine: It's the socialist way.

June 4, 2021