In her Fox News Commentary Wednesday, Tomi Lahren had strong words for new The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin.
The former press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence and The Pentagon joined The View as its latest “conservative” panelist, which Lahren lamented.
“In an attempt to create faux balance, the show has spent the last five plus years bouncing from soft RINO to soft RINO and this latest addition to the table is no different,” said Lahren. After pointing out Griffin’s tenure in the Trump Administration and her stance that she doesn’t want to see Trump in the White House again, Lahren said Griffin’s selection wasn’t a great choice.
“She is entitled to her opinion but if she thinks she is going to now be the voice for the 74 million Americans who voted for Trump, she is sadly mistaken,” Lahren continued. “But that’s what she claimed on Good Morning America earlier this week. That she can be some kind of bridge between Republicans and Trump supporters and tell us what the future of the GOP can and should be.
“Um, sorry Alyssa. We don’t need you telling us who to support and what to think, especially as you perch yourself on The View and look down on us. The liberals might be giving you some love and affection right now because you’re anti-Trump, but don’t be surprised if that comes back to bite you in the behind!”
Lahren’s comments come after she also criticized journalists for their influence on what she called “low information” voters.
After discussing a story by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism that found only half of users who share news stories online actually read the story, and 20% only read the headline, Lahren took members of the media to task.
“If so many admit to only reading a headline and most of the headlines are written by journalists with an admitted liberal bias, a slant, a knack for tilting the scales to the left, could this be why so many low-information viewers, readers and voters make sure poor decision at the ballot box? The moral of the story is this, don’t believe everything you read. There’s an old saying in journalism, if your mother tells you she loves you, fact check it twice. Especially if it’s coming from CNN!”
