As reported by Daily Caller, Susan Chatzky — the wife of Democratic House candidate Peter Chatzky — has become a flashpoint in a widening political controversy after a series of private Facebook posts surfaced in which she disparaged the Bible, expressed apparent amusement over comments fantasizing about the potential death of President Donald Trump, and even suggested extreme measures against broad groups of Americans.
Peter Chatzky is a wealthy tech executive and deputy mayor of a wealthy Westchester County village who is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Rep. Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th Congressional District — a seat that national Republicans consider vulnerable. His campaign has centered on “compassion and empathy,” but his wife’s decade-long pattern of incendiary social media posts appears sharply at odds with those themes.
Among the posts now drawing scrutiny, Susan Chatzky openly mocked the Holy Bible, declaring in December 2021: “I really, really, really, don’t care about your fucking stupid Bible. It’s a book. Should we live our lives according to Nancy Drew?” In a nation where Scripture remains central to the faith and moral lives of millions, such derision has provoked deep concern among Christians and traditionalists. The Bible, taught throughout Scripture itself, remains the wellspring of moral guidance for believers and a foundational text for countless Americans.
Chatzky also appeared to react positively to a Facebook comment that fantasized about President Trump’s hypothetical death, “loving” the remark with a heart symbol. Even if framed as online banter, such reactions toward the life of a sitting president cross a line of basic decency and respect for human dignity, principles upheld by both Christian morality and Conservative thought.
Additionally, comments from prior years revealed Chatzky suggesting sweeping measures against young white men in response to mass shootings — proposing, bizarrely, that they be “deported” or placed in “internment camps,” before later claiming she was “joking.” Such rhetoric fuels division and undermines any claim to the unity and shared purpose Democrats like her husband profess to champion.
The political fallout has been swift. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) issued a statement condemning both Peter and Susan Chatzky’s rhetoric, calling it “hateful, discriminatory,” and asserting it disqualifies him from representing the Hudson Valley.
From a biblical perspective, Christians are called to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15) and to pray for leaders (1 Timothy 2:1-2), not to mock Scripture or delight in the misfortunes of others. The revealed word of God declares that all human life bears the image of God (Genesis 1:27), and believers are to maintain respect for life and neighbor in all circumstances.
This controversy underscores a broader cultural clash: between a secular left that often dismisses religious conviction as obsolete, and a traditional moral order rooted in Scripture that still forms the conscience of much of America. As voters head into the 2026 midterms, these tensions will shape debates not just about policy, but about character and the soul of the nation itself.
