Football sideline reporter turned podcast host Michele Tafoya, who’s now with Salem Podcast Network, appeared last week on “The Dan Le Batard Show.”
Tafoya stated that she felt “absolutely ambushed,” as she recounted her interview with the former ESPN radio host during an appearance on Fox News’ “Gutfeld!”
While on the podcast, she was asked about her “right-wing” views, leading to a heated discussion, touching on various topics such as critical race theory in schools and Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill.
“I was invited onto a podcast recently, and I was invited with this ‘We wanna talk about your great career and your new podcast … Is it okay if we talk to you for about 30 or 40 minutes?’” Tafoya told host Greg Gutfeld, per Mediaite.
“It was someone I knew from my past,” she revealed. “So I said, okay. Yeah, the second I got on, BAM, was ambushed with ‘You’re anti-CRT, You’re a racist. You cannot read the Florida law without it being a homopho — I mean, I was absolutely ambushed!”
The podcast interview featured two contrasting views, but both Le Batard and Tafoya noted during the podcast they’re both in the middle than the far left or right.
“I think I’m in the middle, and you think you are in the middle, and I’m looked at as far Left, and you’re looked at as far-Right? When all I look at is — man, our leadership everywhere stinks. The Republicans seem ruthless to me, and the Democrats seem weak, and none of them represent me,” LeBatard said.
“Well, that’s — then I wouldn’t say that you are on the far Left. And I wouldn’t — I don’t know who sees me on the far-Right. I mean, I’m a pro-choice libertarian. I don’t know how that makes me far-Right,” Tafoya responded.
“All I am is a fiscal conservative who really wants America to come together and for people to be able to realize their potentials and not be told that they’re oppressed or that they are an oppressor.”
Following this exchange, it’s when the discussion turned tense, leading to what Tafoya called an ambush.
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