The rise of Tomi Lahren, the media star lampooned as ‘white power Barbie’

By Jason Wilson (original source The Guardian)

“In February, Tomi Lahren had yet another viral moment after she came out swinging at Beyoncé’s Black Panther-themed Super Bowl performance. The Blaze’s up-and-coming TV pundit opened with the view that Beyoncé was pushing the notion that “black lives matter more”. She pressed on with a characteristically acerbic three-minute tirade, referring to Jay Z as a drug dealer and suggesting that if Beyoncé wanted to protect black neighborhoods, she could “start at home”.

The video garnered millions of views, delighting her fellow hardline conservatives and outraging the left. She was later invited to reiterate her points on TMZ and in other mainstream outlets well away from the fringes of rightwing media.”

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