Conservative hot take queen Tomi Lahren is the unquestionably the biggest name in media right now. In Trump’s America, she’s bigger than Kanye West, Beyonce, and Bruce Springsteen. She’s bigger than Meryl Streep. She’s bigger than any other celebrity snowflakes and all she has to do is hit the “Live” button on Facebook to generation millions and millions of views with her hot takes about participation trophies and whatever else people are pissed off about on any given day.
Earlier this week Twitter unearthed her old tweets from her UNLV days. Maybe it’s just from my seven years of being at BroBible, but I did’t see the big deal there — she raged just like any other normal college kid would rage. If having fun and enjoying college is a crime, consider her guilty. Her response on Facebook was tremendous:
Matt Gehring, in the meanwhile, unearthed some old Tomi college content that shows how the narrative around her talking points has changed since her UNLV days. She hosted a show called “The Scramble” and her talking points were relatively moderate, if not straight up liberal.
Personally, I don’t think the inconsistency is a bad thing. Beliefs change and, yes, even Facebook hot takes are over-dramatized. What’s interesting here is the juxtaposition of past-self vs. current-self in Tomi’s broadcast game.
They call it "climate change," I call it weather. Final thoughts https://t.co/XO4mBd0qfG pic.twitter.com/b349qJsYt9
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) October 27, 2015
Calling it now — It’s going to be wild when Tomi’s inevitably hired by Fox News for $20 mil + a year. Hope she still remembers ‘lil ole BroBible when it comes to the White House Correspondents Dinner later this year.
Thought you saw everything there was online about @TomiLahren and her pandering to an audience? Think again…
— matt gehring (@mattryanx) January 12, 2017
Tomi, in college, hosted & served as a panelist on "The Scramble," a show in the journalism program, before she squawked for a living. pic.twitter.com/E5bnOpntUs
— matt gehring (@mattryanx) January 12, 2017
In 2017, Tomi calls everyone snowflakes and fragile. But in 2014, Tomi hosted this civil discussion about slurs and their place in society. pic.twitter.com/ed31Be9e5k
— matt gehring (@mattryanx) January 12, 2017
Tomi's favorite hobby in 2016 was calling climate change "bad weather." But in 2014, she said it was an agreed-upon scientific consensus. pic.twitter.com/0PkMPVNfMD
— matt gehring (@mattryanx) January 12, 2017
Tomi won't mention the words "gun control" without blaming Islam. But she calls it a multi-dimensional issue here, with no mention of Islam. pic.twitter.com/evDEUVbdPc
— matt gehring (@mattryanx) January 12, 2017
This isn't just growing up & changing her opinions. It's called getting hired to a propaganda machine, selling out and lying. #GrowUpTammy
— matt gehring (@mattryanx) January 12, 2017