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edbermac

(15,937 posts)
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:25 PM Jan 2019

Tomi Lahren Quickly Deletes Racist Tweet Toward Elizabeth Warren.

Moments ago Fox Nation Host Tomi Lahren made what can best be described as a racially charged tweet attacking 2020 Democrat Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren. The tweet has since been deleted.

At approximately 3:15pm EST Tomi Lahren, known for her conservative views online and on Fox Nation, tweeted out an image taken from an Instagram video that Elizabeth Warren took on New Years Day from her home. In the background, there are various decorations and knickknacks. In Lahren’s image of Warren, she has one of these knickknacks circled. Lahren then posted alongside it an image of a figurine of what appears to be an African American eating a watermelon.

In what appears to be an attempt to imply racism on the part of Elizabeth Warren, Lahren seems to have realized that her possible attempt at political humor may not be taken well by even her own followers.

The figurine behind Warren in the video is clearly not the racially-sensitive image that Lahren suggested. We reached out to Fox Nation and Tomi Lahren about the incident but have yet to hear back.



https://hillreporter.com/tomi-lahren-quickly-deletes-racist-tweet-toward-elizabeth-warren-20265



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torius

(1,652 posts)
1. Now how would Lahren even think of that
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:33 PM
Jan 2019

Unless she has one of those racist figurines herself? She probably has a large collection.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. This is the kind of lies we can expect every day about every dem that runs . I hope voters are
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:44 PM
Jan 2019

smarter than 2016 .

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
5. I respect choices, but, please EW....
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:47 PM
Jan 2019

no more kitchen chats please. Just, don't do it anymore.
MAYBE however, she's setting up somebody? Not sure how or why, but, MAYBE she's just a little quicker and wily'er than we even have seen yet. She was a law professor at HARVARD. Thinking she just did this on a lark may be folly. Just speculation. MERE speculation.

Vinca

(50,255 posts)
4. For starters, the thing on the shelf doesn't appear to be the same thing as the photo on the right.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:47 PM
Jan 2019

In any case, "Black Americana" is a bona fide collectible and having it doesn't make you a racist, it makes you a person who collectibles historical artifacts.

ooky

(8,921 posts)
8. Tomi Lahren is not a conservative. She is an outright racist
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:59 PM
Jan 2019

and Trump MAGAt. She is a cheerleader for the Redhats and has a habit of making incredibly dumb remarks, like the subject tweet she tried to take back.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
10. She is an opportunist.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 07:15 PM
Jan 2019

Nothing wrong with who she associated with, but for several years her best/best friend has been a Black male writer that lives in NYC. They were besties even when she lived in Vegas. The tall blonde woman (with the loud mouth) has a longtime boyfriend who is Black and used to be a tv star. They may be racists, but that would be some mixed up racism, I think that they are financial and popularity opportunists that don't care about the collateral damage they cause.

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)
12. To think if one has a black friend one can't be racist,
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 07:41 PM
Jan 2019

isn't a reliable metric.

Darryl Roof had at least one black friend who insisted even after his crimes that he "was not a racist."

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
13. But Lahren and the other woman appear to be sleeping with their "friends".
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 09:55 PM
Jan 2019

That throws a whole dimension of weirdness into it, not that they are maybe intimate with someone that they care about, but that they then turn around and blindly attach righteous causes that benefit that person's racial or ethnic group. I guess that when a person is an asshole, the person can still be an asshole and care about someone close to them.

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