Twitter Carves Up Tomi Lahren’s ‘Despicable’ Thanksgiving Tweet
Fox News contributor, and occasional ’80s pop star, Tomi Lahren is no stranger to courting controversy. As a matter of fact, one might say she trades in it. Her former boss, Glenn Beck, did accuse her of spouting off “crazy red-meat things” without having the “intellectual firepower to back it up,” after all.
Speaking of red meat, Lahren used a day in which Americans typically consume white or dark meat, Thanksgiving, to launch yet another salvo against former NFL player Colin Kaepernick. The tweet places Kaepernick, who is widely credited with starting the anthem protests, on the beach at Normandy during the D-Day landings, thus proving he hates the troops… or something. Who the heck knows anymore.
The crude Photoshop job sarcastically makes reference to Kaepernick being named “Citizen of the Year” by GQ, which is not like a thing they do or anything. It was just the title of an article about him.
Lahren captioned the photo with “food for thought,” which refers to it being Thanksgiving and the notion of Kaepernick refusing to kneel as thousands of our grandparents rushed off to their deaths. A bona-fide double entendre! Glenn Beck didn’t think she had it in her.
So, yeah, a tweet like this is almost tailor-made to provoke a negative reaction and this reaction did not disappoint. Media mavens went off on Lahren, which she should be used to by now.
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/933816242745602048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftomi-lahren-colin-kaepernick-d-day-photo_us_5a17ca2fe4b0d4906cadfa6a
And your service to America has been exactly what? Whining?
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) November 24, 2017
This is disrespectful.
— Mike Denison (@mikd33) November 24, 2017
The fact that you think this is a thought shows how dumb you are
— Travon Free (@Travon) November 24, 2017
It’s thanksgiving, give us a break with your hate mongering bullshit and go be with loved ones if you have anyone who stands being around you.
— Mohanad Elshieky (@MohanadElshieky) November 23, 2017
This tweet is neither food, nor an intelligent thought https://t.co/dKGovukMOB
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) November 23, 2017
We would rather kneel with @Kaepernick7 than stand with you @TomiLahren! #vetsforkaepernick https://t.co/wWjsC5yy14
— VoteVets (@votevets) November 24, 2017
Tomi Lahren is literally walking proof that white supremacy is bollocks. https://t.co/sPifS5fBDx
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 24, 2017
While both you and Kaepernick were jobless…he donated a million dollars to various charities in the US.
You sold horrible shit on Instagram.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) November 23, 2017
Tami just got roasted on Thanksgiving. Well done.
— andy lassner (@andylassner) November 23, 2017
“Food for thought,” indeed.
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