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Tomi Lahren Suspended From 'The Blaze' For A Week
Tomi Lahren Suspended From 'The Blaze' For A Week
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Fox News Analyst Tomi Lahren Compares Quarantine Compliance to "Willful Slavery"

Lahren deleted the tweet after receiving backlash from followers.

Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren is in hot water yet again. The controversial former television host sparked a backlash on Monday after sharing her thoughts about worldwide shelter-in-place measures.

"Compliance starting to look a whole lot like willful slavery," she tweeted, adding the hashtag "#ReopenAmerica."

Her followers subsequently flooded her mentions with their reactions, the majority of which were negative. Singer Richard Marx commented, "go ride the subway, shop at a mall and hold the escalator handrail and hug random "fans" with no mask on video or shut your ignorant mouth."

Lahren faced criticism from both sides of the political spectrum for the tweet. Republican television host S.E. Cupp tweeted an article about the tweet, saying "this is offensive: not because it's politically incorrect, but because it's politically incoherent, dangerous, and straight-up stupid."

Lahren didn't acknowledge the response or apologize for the take, instead, she moved on to bashing MTA protestors in New York City. "The same people who said it was acceptable and valiant to jump turnstiles and riot in the streets over paying a subway fare are now shaming and demonizing Americans who simply want to reopen their businesses and get to work," she tweeted. "The mental gymnastics is impressive."

In 2018, Lahren and Wale went back and forth with Lahren after she targeted Jay-Z in a tweet.

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