Marc Thiessen
The Archive
Democrats’ partisan approach is corrupting the impeachment process
After dozens of House Republicans demanded access to a secure facility in the Capitol on Wednesday where House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) was preparing to depose a Pentagon...
Liz Warren’s No. 1 problem: the US economy is doing well
With three polls showing her in the lead, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) may soon eclipse former Vice President Joe Biden as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. That’s great...
Sorry, Joe: Team Obama refused to arm Ukraine at all
Joe Biden has said that by holding up vital military aid to Ukraine, President Trump “used the power and resources of the United States to pressure a sovereign nation, a...
Sorry, Dems: It's OK to ask for foreign help in a criminal justice investigation
President Trump’s critics are now complaining that he asked the Australian prime minister to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation into the origins of the Mueller probe and that Attorney...
Go ahead, Dems — impeach Brett Kavanaugh and make Republicans’ day
The latest smear on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a disaster for Democrats, and everyone seems to know it except the party’s presidential candidates. No sooner had The New...
Democrats are now trying to blackmail the Supreme Court
In 2017, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) accused President Trump of showing “a disdain for an independent judiciary that doesn’t always bend to his wishes” after Trump criticized a...
Trump and Biden are making almost the same appeal to voters
During a recent speech in New Hampshire, President Trump unveiled a new campaign line: “Whether you love me or hate me, you have got to vote for me.” Citing the...
Team Trump's infuriating inability to defend... the defensible
The Trump administration’s inability to defend the defensible is simply mind-numbing. Even when the president is doing the right thing, he and his team can’t seem to get out of...
Why won’t Dems slam their anti-Semitic fellow congresswomen?
During a news conference on Monday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) accused Israel of denying her and fellow congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) entry because they are “the first two Muslim American...
Warsaw Uprising's heroes had no ‘safe spaces’
WARSAW -- American millennials have a lot of complaints about their lot in life. So here’s a question for them: When is the last time you had to walk through...
Dems’ debate is just left vs. lefter
The media portrayed the two-night Democratic debate this week as a policy brawl between the party’s moderate and left wings. But what we really saw in Detroit were debates between...
Dems’ impeachment obsession is a boon to Trump
Robert Mueller’s disastrous testimony has taken the wind out of the sails of the Democratic impeachment drive. That is a victory for President Trump. But it also was good news...
How socialism may save us from Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders proudly announced this year that his presidential campaign would be the first in history to have a unionized workforce. Well, he just became the first candidate in...
Dems insist 'no one is above the law' — except illegal immigrants
We have heard a lot about the importance of the rule of law from Democrats lately. “No one is above the law, especially the president of the United States,” declared...
The only thing making Biden look ‘electable’ is his rivals’ extremism
Despite a lackluster debate performance, former Vice President Joe Biden is still holding on to his lead in the race for the Democratic nomination in large part because Democratic voters...
The left no longer even has a clue as to what makes America great
Maybe President Trump was right that we needed a “Salute to America” last week, because some Americans have lost sight of the greatness of our country. Case in point: To...
Megan Rapinoe is a great — but needlessly, selfishly divisive — athlete
Nike has withdrawn a new Independence Day-themed shoe featuring the Revolutionary War-era flag after former NFL quarterback and Nike endorser Colin Kaepernick complained that the flag was a symbol of...
Despite ‘thug hugs,’ Trump is tougher on despots than Obama
During a single visit to Asia, President Trump embraced not one, not two, but three dictators. He became the first American president to set foot in North Korea, where he...
With 'help' from his rivals, Joe Biden's endless gaffes are making him un-electable
Let’s get this straight: Joe Biden is leading in the polls for the Democratic presidential nomination because he’s the most “electable” candidate in the Democratic field? A guy who doesn’t...
Trump’s Mexican-tariff move was a true victory
President Trump’s detractors are trying to play down the significance of the US-Mexico immigration deal, saying it is largely comprised of actions that Mexico had already agreed to many months...