S.E. Cupp Columns category, Page 10
S.E. Cupp: Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination may supercharge Democratic turnout
After the Senate’s hearing to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the timing of her nomination — just a week and a day after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and weeks before a presidential election — has enraged Democrats in Congress and many Democratic voters....
S.E. Cupp: What kind of man is Donald Trump?
Ask any heterosexual woman and she’ll tell you she has dated at least one loser at some point. If we’re paying attention, we learn to pick up on cues that help us avoid making the same mistake again, like the guy who yells at Uber drivers or the one who...
S.E. Cupp: Anti-Catholic attacks on Amy Coney Barrett will help get Trump re-elected
“Trump’s likely RBG replacement, Amy Coney Barrett, is a Catholic extremist with seven children who does not believe employers should be required to provide healthcare coverage for birth control. She wants the rest of American women to be stuck with her extreme lifestyle.” That’s a now-deleted tweet from a documentary...
S.E. Cupp: Trump exploits liberal hypocrisy to justify his stupid decisions
Last week, President Trump made the absolutely asinine decision to hold two indoor rallies at a time when covid-19 has killed more than 197,000 Americans. The first, a rally at an XTreme Manufacturing facility in Nevada, packed in 5,600 people, mostly maskless with no social distancing requirements, earning that company...
S.E. Cupp: Are we prepared for Trump’s refusal to accept election results?
“We have to win the election,” President Trump told a crowd of sometimes maskless supporters in Oshkosh, Wis., back in August. “(M)ake sure your vote gets counted. Make sure, because the only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged.” Did you get that? The...
S.E. Cupp: Vote Biden, and make the presidency boring again
I heard a strange rumor recently that there are people out there, far, far away, who don’t spend the majority of their time thinking about politics. Instead of obsessing over tweets, binging on cable news 24/7, and pulling their hair out over the all-caps STATE OF OUR NATION, they’re —...
S.E. Cupp: Trump’s convention should worry the left
Will we ever learn? In the wake of 2016, many on the left, in the media and certainly on blue-check Twitter, were caught off guard by Donald Trump’s unfathomable win. I count myself among the surprised. Over the past four years, however, we’ve seen over and over again that Trump’s...
S.E. Cupp: I’m voting for Biden because he’s a good person — and why that matters
On the Democratic National Convention’s second night, Joe Biden’s wife, Jill, took America inside her longtime marriage to the presidential nominee. These things usually strike me as schmaltzy and inauthentic — pre-packaged montages about political leaders and their families, their personal trials and triumphs, their “normal” lives, old photos of...
S.E. Cupp: The unbelievable, totally believable return of Bill O’Reilly
If we women weren’t already so jaded about the way powerful men are excused for their bad behavior, this might seem totally unbelievable. Bill O’Reilly, the former Fox News host who was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and ultimately reached legal settlements with at least six worth a...
S.E. Cupp: My vote for Biden hinges on his veep pick
The job of the vice president hasn’t gotten much respect over the years. Benjamin Franklin is rumored to have suggested that the title be renamed “His Superfluous Excellency.” Vice President John Nance Garner — aka, “who?” — said the role “is not worth a bucket of warm spit!” Even “Hamilton,”...
S.E. Cupp: Will ‘healthy’ schools be traumatic?
August is usually when we try to get one final vacation in, find fun ways to beat the heat and take our last licks of summer. But this year, August is different. For those of us who have school-age children, the potential return to class hangs over us; we count...
S.E. Cupp: Kanye needs help, not a public platform
Back in October 2018, music and fashion mogul Kanye West took a trip to the Oval Office, ostensibly to discuss criminal justice reform with the president. What happened instead was a three-ring circus in front of rolling cameras and millions of television viewers at home. West veered from one unrelated...
S.E. Cupp: No, we shouldn’t cancel ‘Hamilton’
Like thousands and thousands of others, I spent 2½ hours watching the streaming version of “Hamilton” on Disney+ with my family for the first time. I was gobsmacked. I had a hunch that I’d like it — I’m a fan of most musicals and, until recently, a regular theatergoer. But...
S.E. Cupp: Trump endangering his own voters
If you’re a white supremacist, racist or just feeling insecure about your status as a white man in America, the president of the United States sure wants you to know, he’s got your back. Over the past few weeks, President Trump has stoked racial divisions by making steady, clumsy and...
S.E. Cupp: Can Hollywood entertain us again?
As we slowly start to test the waters of reopening the country after months of pandemic shutdowns, we’re getting a much-needed taste — albeit in bite-sized portions — of life as we once knew it. Restaurants, stores, salons and small and socially distant gatherings are returning to our weekly routines,...
S.E. Cupp: Trump’s salvation can only come from his playing on fear
There are endless reasons to believe President Trump will be unceremoniously kicked out of the White House in November after a four-year experiment in utter lunacy. The most compelling is this administration’s flagrant incompetence in the hands of one of the worst managers in political history. From bumbling a global...
S.E. Cupp: Trump wants to ride chaos into November
It’s easy to forget, with the unending cavalcade of life-altering news, that we are deep in the midst of an election year. There are just 146 days until Nov. 3, and it’s shaping up to be one like no other. Around this time in 2016, Hillary Clinton had secured President...
S.E. Cupp: White, privileged should open their ears to black pain
It’s only been a little about two weeks since the death of an unarmed black man named George Floyd in Minneapolis, and yet it feels like a year’s worth has happened. American cities and churches burned. Peaceful protesters tear-gassed and shot at. Stores and small businesses destroyed and looted. Journalists...
S.E. Cupp: Trump’s indecent attacks on the dead
“Punch up, not down.” Whether in comedy or politics, the consensus precept has provided helpful parameters in which to acceptably swing at rivals or targets. The idea is, pick on someone your own size. I can think of no better — meaning worse — example of punching down than one...
S.E. Cupp: Trumpites dish out abuse, but they can’t take it
With the president’s stunning admission last week he has been taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug most medical experts say should not be used to treat or prevent coronavirus, the questions tumbled out. Was Trump lying about taking the drug he’s long been touting to combat covid-19, just to own the...
S.E. Cupp: ‘Stephen Miller should die’ a gift to Trump
The so-called “newsy” bit read: “And while I am generally loathe (sic) to wish physical harm on those I disagree with, and while I do wish Katie a speedy recovery, I’m comfortable shedding whatever objectivity I have here to say I desperately hope Stephen Miller contracts covid-19.” It was a...
S.E. Cupp: Let’s talk about Joe Biden and Tara Reade
Despite an obstacle- strewn ascension similar to a “Game of Thrones” episode, former Vice President Joe Biden managed to slay every metaphorical dragon he faced in becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, from old policy specters to campaign trail gaffes to a primary opponent who was stubborn to concede. But...
S.E. Cupp: De Blasio’s parade & failures
On Tuesday night, I called to check in on my friends in San Francisco. One is a lawyer; his grandfather died this month. His partner is a doctor on the front lines of covid-19. In short, they’ve been through it. I asked the doctor, “How is work?” “Thank God we’re...
S.E. Cupp: Will Bernie brigade show up for Biden?
When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders finally announced he was suspending his campaign — but oddly, that he will remain on the ballot and collect delegates — the news hit his supporters understandably hard. Despite Sanders’ clear lack of viability over the past month, and a pandemic that paralyzed his and...
