Tomi Lahren is the worst kind of millennial.
She’s a corporate shill who will say anything to get ahead.
Don’t believe us?
Just take a few minutes to watch this video we produced about the Rush Limbaugh wannabe.
And be sure to share it with your right-wing friends who are always sharing her darn videos on your Facebook feed.
(Oh and by the way, she really doesn’t like us:)
Will do, bro. Will do.
I love America.
I appreciate and cherish the rights and liberties afforded to me by those who fought for them throughout time.
I also believe in justice and what is fair.
As I grew up and learned who I wanted to be and what I wanted to believe in, I realized that in this post 9/11 world I was living in, there was so much hate, so much injustice and so much sadness that it would be impossible to align myself my ideal system with those who didn’t believe in equality for all across all spectrums.
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m a registered Democratic voter and a staunch supporter of all things that were supposed to be deemed “Democratic.”
As I spent time around those who didn’t grow up in the privilege bubble I lived in and exposed myself to other ideas and opinions, I started to question everything I had once believed true.
The 2016 Presidential Election has been the most divisive, abusive and zany political experience I have encountered in my very short time as an educated voter.
The rhetoric, the antics and the very pointed “journalism” by both sides to discredit the other has been extremely off putting.
Then I saw a Tomi Lahren video.
The first time I saw a Tomi Lahren video it was on my Facebook newsfeed and it was “liked” by one of my many “friends” on the social media platform.
I took the time to watch the brief two minute video of Ms. Lahren expressing her opinion on the Black Lives Matter movement and the radicalization of it’s members.
Her delivery was sharp, her tone was unapologetic and furthermore she was not afraid of whatever backlash was to come to her.
She wanted her audience to know her “Final Thoughts” on that topic and shed light on what she felt was the truth.
For those of you who don’t know who Tomi Lahren is, she’s a young Conservative political commentator who rose to prominence in 2015 over her remarks about the Chattanooga shootings.
Since November 2015, she has been working for The Blaze, owned by the one and only Glenn Beck, known for his very staunch Conservative views.
She’s gained quite the following among the Republican base both old and new and brings a millennial feel to the Conservative movement.
On a daily basis on her Facebook page she has new content of her show “Final Thoughts” usually about a topic that is in the headlines that day, whether it be the Dallas shootings, the 2016 election, or her thoughts on what’s going on in the world at the time.
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She doesn’t hold back and her segments back it up.
Video after video I’ve watched, often times binging if I’ve missed a few, I find her words resonating with me because she brings a different look at headlines, often times forcing viewers to think outside the box, strip away the big media machine telling you what they want you to hear and laying out the facts.
Yes, she is a Republican.
Yes she often says things I don’t agree with, but I also identify with the views she so often shares with her viewers.
She takes her targets to task for their actions, specifically the Black Lives Matter movement, the Clinton & Trump campaign, our government officials, and those who can often times be so one sided.
Her intent is to get viewers thinking, to be engaging in civil discourse about issues that matter.
While her tone and her rhetoric may often be described as subjective rather than objective, she also backs up her pieces with fact, whether it’s statistics or it’s video clips or reports.
She’s a woman who understands accountability.
Her intent isn’t to incite a riot, rather it’s to awake her demographic from the mainstream media news cycle we’ve grown accustom to.
It is because of her I’m able to further engage in conversations with my peers about the issues in our community as well feel confident enough to ask questions and do my research and take an interest in subjects I may not always feel so comfortable with.
If anything, I’m grateful for Tomi Lahren because she allowed my bleeding blue Democratic heart to be challenged and force my hand to continue to learn.
Take a moment, regardless of your political beliefs and view one of her videos and then think about all the issues you weren’t actually thinking about before you watched her.
That is the magic of Tomi Lahren.
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