Kelly Sadler

Kelly Sadler is the Commentary Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Newsmax contributor, Ms. Sadler started out as a beat reporter at Bloomberg News, and later covered politics and commentary during the 2016 presidential election at the Washington Times. Ms. Sadler is a Trump Administration alum, serving as a Special Assistant to the President, where she coordinated surrogate coverage and talking points. She most recently served as the communication director for America First Action. She can be reached at ksadler@washingtontimes.com.

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Columns by Kelly Sadler

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a press conference at the Celebrate Freedom Foundation Hangar in West Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. DeSantis visited South Carolina to file his 2024 candidacy for president. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

DeSantis comes out swinging — and misses

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, trailing Donald Trump in GOP presidential primary polls by double digits, turned up the heat over the weekend, taking aim at the former president and his record. Published July 18, 2023

Illustration on Kamala Harris and the Democrats by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Kamala Harris is President Biden’s insurance policy

President Biden has had a rough few weeks. Published July 13, 2023

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill Washington, Dec. 17, 2018. The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service has asked the Treasury Department’s inspector general to immediately review the circumstances surrounding intensive tax audits that targeted ex-FBI Director James Comey and ex-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The hubris of James Comey

Former FBI Director James Comey considers himself a political kingmaker. Published June 5, 2023

Illustration on Biden and race in America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden stokes race wars, perpetuates national divide with partisan politics

On Monday, President Biden will meet with the "Tennessee Three" -- the Volunteer State lawmakers who were booted from the legislative chamber in Nashville. Published April 21, 2023

GOP Platform Issues and Decisions Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Abortion: GOP must get its head out of the sand as Democrats gain

Republicans got rolled last week in Wisconsin, with progressives flipping the ideological balance of the state's Supreme Court with Janet Protasiewicz's decisive 11-point victory over conservative Dan Kelly. Published April 11, 2023

Illustration on the presidential candidacy of Vivek Ramaswamy by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why Vivek Ramaswamy deserves a look in 2024

Although a long shot to become the next Republican presidential nominee, Vivek Ramaswamy is a rising star within the GOP, and his message is worth a listen. Published March 28, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks about the banking system in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden rushes to bail out Silicon Valley, continues to ignore East Palestine

In an uncharacteristic move, President Biden woke up early Monday to address the nation about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Published March 13, 2023

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in Washington. House Republicans kicked off an investigation Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, into the origins of COVID-19 by issuing a series of letters to current and former Biden administration officials for documents and testimony, including Fauci who until December served as Biden’s chief medical adviser. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Dr. Fauci and the art of COVID cover-up

It's clear that Dr. Anthony Fauci did everything in his power early on to knock down speculation that the COVID-19 virus may have originated from a leak out of a Chinese lab in Wuhan. Published March 6, 2023

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. Just 40% of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, a new poll shows, with a majority anxious about Beijing's influence as the White House finds its agenda increasingly shaped by global rivalries. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden’s impotence may just lead us into WWIII

It was reported Thursday the Biden administration is dithering on whether to release intelligence showing China is considering sending lethal aid to support Russia's war in Ukraine. Published February 23, 2023

A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb. 6, 2023. West Virginia's water utility says it's taking precautionary steps following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio. The utility said in a statement on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2023, that it has enhanced its treatment processes even though there hasn’t been a change in raw water at its Ohio River intake. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

‘Amtrak Joe’ and ‘Mayor Pete’ miss mark on Ohio train derailment

"We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open," former Ohio fire chief Silverio Caggiano explained to "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday. Published February 14, 2023

Illustration on fear and COVID-19 in children by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Manipulating COVID-19 data to stoke fear, boost vaccinations for children

"COVID-19 is a leading cause of death for children in the U.S., despite [a] relatively low mortality rate," a CNN report read this week, citing a study published by JAMA. Published February 1, 2023

Illustration on the current cultural celebration of obesity by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Our woke culture’s glamorization of obesity

Obesity has become a national epidemic. It is not cute, woke or stylish to be fat. Published January 17, 2023

FILE - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., tears her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House Republicans should take a page out of Nancy Pelosi’s playbook

As the Republican-led House was sworn in over the weekend, pundits from both sides of the aisle had warnings for the new Congress: Don't pursue political vendettas. Published January 10, 2023

Distrust of the liberal media and leftist news organizations Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The leftist media’s reliance on liars and frauds

This past weekend's "60 Minutes," the once highly respected and popular CBS newsmagazine, decided to do a scare piece on climate change. Published January 3, 2023

Illustration on Democrats and Twitter meddling in the 2020 election by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The ‘election interference’ that Democrats favor

Our intelligence apparatus -- or "the deep state," in former President Donald Trump's words -- has meddled in two presidential elections acting on behalf of the Democratic Party. Published December 13, 2022

Joe Biden's Oil Double Cross Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden emboldens the world’s worst dictators, despite his promises

On the presidential campaign trail in 2020, candidate Joe Biden promised to put democracy once again at the heart of U.S. foreign policy and to stand up for human rights. Published December 1, 2022

TikTok illustration by Alexander Hunter / The Washington Times

Media frets about Musk, ignores the real national security threat: TikTok

Free speech absolutist Elon Musk has the mainstream media terrified. Published November 23, 2022

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attends a Senate Rules and Administration Committee meeting on the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The bill is a response to the Jan. 6 insurrection and former President Donald Trump's efforts to find a way around the Electoral Count Act, the 19th-century law that, along with the Constitution, governs how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential election winners. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Are Mitch McConnell’s days numbered?

An alternative to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's RINO dominance has finally emerged. Published November 15, 2022

No U-Turn for Joe Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Will Biden be able to pivot after the midterms?

Democrats are poised to get - to borrow a word from former President Barack Obama -- a shellacking in this year's midterms. Published November 7, 2022

Joe Biden - Liar-in-Chief Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Joe Biden: Liar-in-chief

President Biden took a victory lap last week over how his team "reduced" the annual federal deficit by $1.4 trillion, the "largest one-year drop in American history." Published October 25, 2022