Tomi Lahren, an alt-right talk show host and self-described ’22-year-old girl with a boys name, a deep love of country and the courage to say something’ was the featured guest on the Daily Show last night. If you’re not familiar with Lahren, (I wasn’t either until the Daily Show profiled her a few weeks ago), she hosts a show on the far right Blaze network.
However, it’s on Facebook where the now 23-year-old (the above quote is from 2015) Tomi Lahren truly gets her traction.
Her fire breathing videos, usually espousing racism, bigotry, ethnocentrism, homophobia, xenophobia and a bizarre perverted version of patriotism on the social media platform sometimes accrue an obscene amount of page views.
She has a very large reach, it’s even bigger, in numbers than what the mainstream cable news networks reach. Yes, her looks are one of the primary reasons that her profile is taking off right now. It’s pointing out the obvious, but it still needs to be said.
Facebook has come under fire, and deservedly so, for their irresponsibility in spreading fake news around the country and dumbing people down as they misinform them. Lahren, in her alt-right rhetoric, does dumb you down, but she doesn’t really spread fake news, it’s more a spewing of simple vitriolic hate. It’s just baseless opinion.
Here below is a sampling of what Tomi Lahren “offers:”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPWwgJ_cKzU
Much of America was introduced to “Bigotry Barbie” late last night; Ku Klux Ken is sold separately. Lahren, as you could have guessed is one of those people who has a photo of themselves in both their Twitter avatar and their banner photo, and a Facebook fan page that has a quote from herself in the banner pic.
Yes, it’s very LOUD, and after awhile IT HURTS YOUR EARS! Tomi Lahren, a Rapid City, South Dakota native from a family of Marines, who is now based in Dallas, saw her hot take on San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick, and his decision to kneel instead of stand for the national anthem attract more than 61,000,000 views.
Lahren’s #taek on Kaepernick, police violence against African-Americans and the Black Lives Matter movement is embedded for you here below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDLxVxkAxIw
Last night, Lahren went on the Daily Show, and let’s credit her for going on a show on the opposite side of the political spectrum, before a studio audience that already inherently hates her.
When it came to Kaepernick and #BlackLivesMatter, Tomi Lahren got absolutely OWNED by Daily Show host Trevor Noah.
She was DESTROYED in this debate. #FinalThoughts
Here’s a clip:
Feeling down? Watch Trevor Noah DESTROY Tomi Lahren https://t.co/1oI26Pefwf
— Affinity Magazine (@TheAffinityMag) December 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheRealTeeMarie/status/804336588918493184
Here’s an excerpt from Rolling Stone, which has the entire 26 minute discussion, most of which actually didn’t even make it to air last night.
He pointed to Colin Kaepernick’s example: “Here’s a black man in America who says, ‘I don’t know how to get a message across. If I march in the streets, people say I’m a thug. If I go out and I protest people say it’s a riot.’ What’s the right way for a black person to get attention in America?”
Lahren punted the question, and others, saying: “It’s controversial … but I think there’s some things that need to be said.”
Watch the whole give and take between Trevor Noah and Tomi Lahren at this link.
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