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Tomi Lahren
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Lahren in 2018
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Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren
August 11, 1992 Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
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| Alma mater | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (BA) |
| Occupation | Political commentator |
| Employer | Fox News Channel |
| Political party | Republican |
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J. P. Arencibia
(m. 2022) |
Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren (/ˈtɒmi ˈlærən/; born August 11, 1992) is an American conservative political commentator and television presenter. She hosted Tomi on TheBlaze, where she gained attention for her short video segments called "final thoughts", in which she frequently criticized liberal politics. Many of her videos went viral, with The New York Times describing her as "the Right's rising media star". Lahren was suspended from TheBlaze in March 2017 after saying in an interview on The View that she believed women should have legal access to ....
Shortly thereafter, she began working for Great America Alliance, an advocacy organization that supports Donald Trump, and, in August 2017, she joined Fox News, where she appears as a contributor on several different shows across the Fox News and Fox Business networks, and often appears as a guest co-host on Outnumbered and The Big Weekend Show, and currently hosts a talk show on Fox Nation, No Interruption. In June 2022, she was named host of a new show on OutKick called Tomi Lahren Is Fearless.
Early life and education
Lahren grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota, and graduated from Central High School in 2010. She is of German and Norwegian descent. Lahren's parents both came from families who owned ranches. She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2014 with a B.A. in broadcast journalism and political science. Lahren hosted and associate produced the university's political roundtable show The Scramble. She interned for Republican Congresswoman Kristi Noem from South Dakota, serving as the first intern at Noem's Rapid City office.
Career
Hoping to find an internship in political commentary, Lahren applied to One America News Network (OANN), obtained an interview, and was instead offered the opportunity to host her own show. She moved to San Diego, California, and began working for OANN. On Point with Tomi Lahren debuted in August 2014.
In July 2015, a video of her commentary on the 2015 Chattanooga shootings garnered widespread attention. On August 19, Lahren announced that she had completed her last show with OANN. She moved to Texas and began a new show with TheBlaze in November 2015. She became known for ending her program with three-minute segments called "final thoughts", in which she spoke extremely quickly. These segments became widely popular on social media.
In January 2016, Lahren endorsed Marco Rubio for president in the Republican Party presidential primary. On November 30, Lahren appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah for a 26-minute interview. Many critics compared her appearance to former host Jon Stewart's friendly rivalry with Bill O'Reilly.
..... The suit was settled under an agreement in which Lahren kept her Facebook page but removed videos she had made with TheBlaze.
In May 2017, Lahren began working in communications at Great America Alliance, an offshoot of Great America PAC, a large pro-Donald Trump super PAC chaired by Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani. Lahren described her role there as a "side gig" and said she would return to television as a commentator. In August 2017, Lahren joined Fox News as a contributor.
Political views
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Lahren describes herself as a "constitutional conservative". She has said that she is a commentator, not a journalist, and that her shows are not about presenting news neutrally, but about commentary and "mak[ing] the news". The Daily Beast described her as a "right-wing provocateur" in 2018.
Lahren has been described as an "anti-feminist who admires strong women." Lahren has said that while she does not consider herself a feminist, she believes in women's empowerment and looks up to various women from both the political left and the political right. .....
While in college, Lahren wrote a feature for the Las Vegas Review-Journal about a classmate who had turned to stripping to support herself.
Lahren is also in favor of same-sex marriage. .....
Some of Lahren's commentaries on race issues have been described by critics as racist or race-baiting, which she disputes. In July 2016, Lahren posted a tweet comparing the Black Lives Matter movement to the Ku Klux Klan. Tens of thousands of people signed a Change.org petition in response asking for her to be fired from TheBlaze. The petition was unsuccessful. In August 2016, she released a video criticizing NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who had been protesting police brutality by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem before football games.
In August 2018, at a political rally for Kelli Ward, Lahren warned against voters electing 'RINOs' (Republicans in name only) into Congress; the term was applied to Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake. Lahren was criticized as cruel and disrespectful as McCain was in very poor health; that day he discontinued medical treatment for brain cancer, and he died the next day. Many people have criticized Lahren for her behavior including former Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren.
In November 2018, Lahren said that the "highlight" of her Thanksgiving had been watching United States Border Patrol fire tear gas at migrants trying to illegally cross over the Mexico–United States border. In December 2018, she ran a Fox Nation segment focusing on how members of a Central American migrant caravan that had been stopped in Mexico that year were carrying diseases; she listed several unconfirmed cases of HIV/AIDS and chickenpox to support the claim. That same month, she urged President Trump to shut down the government to force Congress to fund the construction of a wall on the Mexico–United States border.
Personal life
In June 2019, Lahren announced on Instagram that she was engaged to her boyfriend, Brandon Fricke. Their engagement was called off in 2020. In early 2021, Lahren was linked to fellow Fox broadcaster and former Major League Baseball catcher J. P. Arencibia. On September 25, 2021, Lahren confirmed that she was engaged on an episode of Justice with Judge Jeanine. They were married October 21, 2022. Lahren owns "a chihuahua mutt named Kota."
In April 2020, Lahren moved from Los Angeles to Nashville.
Lahren is an avid runner, and has a tattoo of a wheat leaf and South Dakota's state flower (the pulsatilla) on the back of her neck, as well as a tattoo of "roman numeral 11 with a semicolon", since eleven is her lucky number.
See also
In Spanish: Tomi Lahren para niños
