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Is Tomi Lahren Representative of Future Republicanism?
UT Daily Beacon ^ | 2 hours ago | Peter Cates, Columnist

Posted on 03/22/2017 2:31:53 PM PDT by drewh

In case you missed it, Tomi Lahren, the host of the political show “Tomi,” came out as pro-choice last week. “Tomi” appears on Glenn Beck’s Tea-Party-wet-dream network BlazeTV and is notorious for Lahren’s aggressive rants against liberal “snowflakes.” In an appearance on “The View,” a typically-liberal roundtable of women, Lahren was pressed on her views on abortion. After citing the desire for limited government, she stated: "Stay out of my guns, and you can stay out of my body as well." It’s reported that Lahren is also pro-gay-marriage for similar reasons.

If the last few preceding generations are any indication, millennials, especially those of us at the tail end of our generation in our early 20s, will progressively (no pun intended) become more conservative, particularly fiscally, as we begin to make more money and our own tax dollars are at stake. I say this not to undermine fiscal liberals or the validity of young peoples’ ideologies, but to point to the major trend that follows the (un-nuanced and generalizing) maxim: If you’re a conservative under 30, you’re heartless; if you’re a liberal over 30, you’re brainless. While I certainly don’t buy into that mentality, I think that there’s some truth to the idea that there’s a trend of people who move fiscally conservative as they age.

The thing is, I can’t imagine a world run by the millennial generation that doesn’t make room for social liberalism. Those issues are hardly contentious topics of debate among young people, and that’s coming from someone surrounded by people who were mostly raised by white, Christian Republicans (and therefore might be less of the case in certain pockets here at UT). I’m certain, however, that social liberalism is even more deeply ingrained in the young adults residing in purple and blue states.

So what does the inevitable millennial Republican Party look like? I would argue that as much as those socially liberal beliefs could be rooted in liberalism, they could just as easily be associated with libertarianism. In other words, rather than those convictions being founded in social justice, they’re founded in individual liberties: Stay out of my bedroom, don’t profile me, don’t legislate your religion on me, stay out of my pants, and yes, just as Tomi Lahren said, stay out of my body.

The next logical step is telling the government to stay out of my paycheck. That brings us to the heart of libertarianism: the government should affect my life as little as possible. The bipartisan struggle, in my mind, will inevitably become a debate over the role and the size of the government rather than individual arguments about the multitude of roles the government plays, and we’ll see the disappearance of conservatism in favor of libertarianism. Maybe that’s wishful thinking, that political ideologies will become more consistent intra-party, but especially with our generation’s access to information and increasing political awareness, I think ideological consistency is achievable.

I do think her comments are telling. Even a rising star in the tea party version of republicanism can’t get behind a pro-life platform. And if Tomi Lahren, someone about as conservative as you can get for a college-educated millennial, can’t get there, I think you’d be hard pressed to have an entire political party who can.


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1 posted on 03/22/2017 2:31:53 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

I’d say she is the face of modern Republicanism already. A total RINO


2 posted on 03/22/2017 2:34:19 PM PDT by Angels27
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To: drewh

She’s a great foot soldier but no reason to believe she possesses separation speed.


3 posted on 03/22/2017 2:34:45 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: drewh

The problem with gay marriage is not gay marriage, but the government saying everyone needs to accept it... the same can be said with abortion... religious rights trump civil rights. As with Islam apparently


4 posted on 03/22/2017 2:36:34 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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5 posted on 03/22/2017 2:43:25 PM PDT by drewh (>)
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To: drewh

She is entitled to her opinion.

Her employer is entitled to do what they think is right.

She’s big enough in media to find a job easily at this point in her life. The MSM will pick her up in a heartbeat.

She spoke of ‘hypocrites’ and when the folks in Oregon protested for release of the Hammonds (ranchers jailed as terrorists for lighting a backfire-five year mandatory sentence) her boss Glenn Beck was obsessed with trashing Trump instead.

The Blaze turned away in its political obsession. I took note and ended up voting for Trump.

I am Pro-Life and am willing to speak of myself as a hypocrite and a sinner. I have said one thing and done another and I was wrong.

But that doesn’t mean I have to become “Pro-Choice” on abortion or other human life related matters.


6 posted on 03/22/2017 2:45:27 PM PDT by Nextrush (Freedom is everybody's business: Remember Pastor Niemoller)
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To: drewh

Yes in drug induced dreams of sick Democrats and morons like Stabby The Clown Beck. (he should have been arrested for threatening to stab Trump.)


7 posted on 03/22/2017 2:52:45 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Angels27

She has Opportunism down pat, that’s for sure.


8 posted on 03/22/2017 3:02:37 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: drewh

Good intentions, but paralyzed with narcissism.


9 posted on 03/22/2017 3:05:38 PM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: drewh

Tomi needs to go home, grow up and give us a call when she has done that.


10 posted on 03/22/2017 3:08:17 PM PDT by dforest
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More of a Libertarian.....


11 posted on 03/22/2017 3:09:32 PM PDT by moehoward
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More of a Libertarian.....

That may be representative of 20-something college educated "conservatives": SE Cupp, Kat Timpf, Kristin Tate.

12 posted on 03/22/2017 3:22:52 PM PDT by x
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Yep. And Kennedy on FBN.


13 posted on 03/22/2017 3:35:01 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Angels27

I’m not convinced yet. Her previous statements were clearly against abortion. Her recent statement was more about keeping the federal government out of it than supporting it. I’d like to hear more on the subject from her before condemning her.


14 posted on 03/22/2017 3:42:57 PM PDT by alephnull (Islam is not a religion of peace. It is a cult of death.)
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To: drewh

Liberaltarian.


15 posted on 03/22/2017 3:55:30 PM PDT by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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I think her boss, Glen Beck was obsessed with HER! I certainly would.


16 posted on 03/22/2017 4:06:00 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: drewh
The thing is, I can’t imagine a world run by the millennial generation that doesn’t make room for social liberalism.

I can't argue against this. I'm in the military and surrounded by Millennial "conservatives" who espouse more liberal views on various social issues than their parents and grandparents did. In this respect, Tomi Lauren is fairly representative of her generation.

17 posted on 03/22/2017 4:15:27 PM PDT by Drew68
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Yep. And Kennedy on FBN.

Yeah. I was going to mention her, but I wasn't sure which generation she belonged to.

Some of the libertarians are hard core economic libertarians. Some are just for gay marriage and legalized pot and put off by social and religious conservatives. But it does seem to be a trend right now.

18 posted on 03/22/2017 4:54:55 PM PDT by x
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To: drewh

Liberal-tarians are NOT conservatives. They are closer to a cult. : )


19 posted on 03/22/2017 7:33:19 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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In contradiction to the author, I have read that millennials are more pro life than previous generations. The theory as to why that is because of science. When they have babies, they all get ultrasounds now and are able to see a living human baby inside the womb at a very early point in the pregnancy. In contrast, when my kids were born only one of our kids did we get to see with the ultrasound due to possible concerns with the pregnancy. That was the only time back then that they did ultrasounds because it was only in it’s infancy and very expensive. The pictures were very grainy, not like today.


20 posted on 03/23/2017 4:49:44 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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