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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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A woman prays during a memorial rally for the late American student Otto Warmbier near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 23, 2017. North Korea on Friday called itself the "biggest victim" in the death of Warmbier who was detained for more than a year and died days after being released in a coma. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Otto Warmbier ‘got exactly what he deserved’: Professor

A professor of anthropology at the University of Delaware, Katherine Dettwyler, age 62, who said in a Facebook post that Otto Warmbier was a "spoiled" white boy who "got exactly what he deserved" -- imprisonment in North Korea, leading to his death -- has been fired. Good riddance. Don't let the door hit you.

June 26, 2017
Eric Trump, left, and Donald Trump Jr., executive vice presidents of The Trump Organization, pose for a photograph at an event for Scion Hotels, a division of Trump hotels, Monday, June 5, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Eric Trump nails it — Dems dying under ‘nut job’ leadership

Eric Trump called the head of the Democratic National Committee, Tom Perez, a "nut job" on national television. This came on the heels of him saying, earlier this month, that the Democratic Party is in midst of "imploding" -- and he's right on both counts.

June 26, 2017
Rep. Adam B. Schiff joined House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a fellow California Democrat, at a rally last year. Mr. Schiff will be given unilateral subpoena power in January and has promised renewed vigor in investigating President Trump. (Associated Press/File)

Dems gnash teeth, weep, wail — but won’t change

Democrats may be floundering to understand their recent election losses. But the reasons aren't hidden. Note to Dems: Your resistance messages aren't resonating, your left-of-left viciousness is off-putting and truly, you refuse to change.

June 24, 2017
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra blasted his former congressional colleague, House Speaker Paul Ryan, who suggested that President Trump's lack of political experience explains his questionable interactions with James Comey, during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, June 9, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra labeled Ryan an "accomplice" for defending what he termed Trump's incompetence or dereliction of his presidential duties. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California’s travel ban — targeted at Christians?

California's just banned state-funded travel to four states that don't meet the Democratic attorney general's standards for providing LGBT protections. That's offensive. It's an attack on Christianity, that's what it is.

June 23, 2017
More than 1.6 million Anglicans and almost 800,000 Catholics in Uganda have converted to Islam, Pentecostal Christianity or traditional African beliefs, according to the 2014 census. The nation's
Muslims say their community is growing fast. (Associated Press/File)

Christians battle GuideStar on ‘hate group’ tag

Conservative and Christian organizations dinged by GuideStar as "hate groups" have risen up and launched a counter-attack, asking the supposed nonpartisan watchdog of the nonprofit world to reverse course and remove the labels. And well GuideStar should.

June 23, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

North Korea’s ‘psychopath’ quip on Donald Trump good for America

North Korea, via its state-run Communist Party newspaper, put out the message that President Donald Trump's a "psychopath" who needs to be curbed and controlled. Hallelujah. North Korea thinks Trump's a nutcase. It's just such messaging that's great for America -- that's great for America's national security.

June 23, 2017
Actor Johnny Depp introduces a film at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)

Johnny Depp skates on kill Trump joke — unlike Obama clown

Johnny Depp, Hollywood movie star, made a tasteless joke about President Donald Trump's assassination, and the media yawned. But if this had been about Barack Obama, the mainstream media would be alive with rage, and the jokester would be out of work. Remember the Missouri rodeo clown?

June 23, 2017
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough discusses the "unmasking" of President Donald Trump's associates by former national security adviser Susan Rice during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, April 4, 2017. (MSNBC screenshot)

MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ sickeningly paints Hitler picture of Trump

Hosts and pundits of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC traveled back in time to Nazi Germany days to make the case President Trump is much more like a dictator or fascist than a free-market, constitutional, duly elected leader. It's sickening. Note to left: Hitler was evil. Quit confusing evil with political differences.

June 22, 2017
Joy Miller of Boulder, Colo., holds up a placard during a protest against the polices of President Donald Trump Saturday, June 3, 2017, in downtown Denver. More than 300 people were on hand for the anti-Trump rally, which featured speakers calling for resistance to the administration. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A biblical truth about leftist evil

America, in case it's escaped your notice, has been mired in an atmosphere of political animosity and violence -- violence that finally led a crazed anti-President Donald Trumper to take up arms and shoot to kill at a Republican congressional baseball team practice in Alexandria, Virginia. It's the sort of

June 17, 2017
The Supreme Court at sunset is shown in this Feb. 13, 2016 file photo. On Nov. 17, 2017, the Trump White House added five judges to the president's short list for when the next vacancy on the high court's bench opens up. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) ** FILE **

Supreme Court v. Trump travel ban a real nail-biter

The U.S. Supreme Court, in the coming days, will in essence decide whether a president of the United States has the right to clamp down on borders and keep out travelers from countries he deems a national security threat.

June 15, 2017
FBI Evidence Response Team members mark evidence at the scene of a multiple shooting in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, involving House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others during a congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

We don’t need gun control — we need Democrat control

Terry McAuliffe, Virginia's Democratic governor, suggested gun control was needed in the aftermath of a shooting that left Republican Rep. Steve Scalise injured. But given all the angry rhetoric and uprisings those on the left have fueled lately, it would seem guns aren't really the problem. Democrats are.

June 15, 2017