Background
Lahren grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota in a military family, and attended Central High School.
Lahren grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota in a military family, and attended Central High School.
She graduated from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2014, where she studied journalism, media, and political science.
She currently hosts Tomi for TheBlaze. She was previously the host of On Point with Tomi Lahren on One America News Network. Lahren also hosted and associate produced the political roundtable show, The Scramble for University of Nevada, Las Vegas-Television.
She also interned for Republican congresswoman Kristi Noem, serving as the first intern for the Congresswoman"s Noem"s Rapid City office.
She moved to San Diego, California and began working for OAN. On Point debuted in August 2014. In July 2015, a video of her commentary concerning the 2015 Chattanooga shootings became a widely distributed video and garnered international press
Prior to this event, Lahren caused a smaller wave of press attention in March 2015 when she appeared at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, and deflected the stereotype of Republicans as "old, rich, white males" by comparing them to the top Democratic presidential candidates as "Hillary, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden. Old, rich, white, and if the pantsuit fits.. male too?"
On August 19, 2015, Lahren announced that she had completed her last show with OAN. She moved to Texas, and began a new show with TheBlaze in November 2015.
In February 2016, Lahren"s criticism of Beyoncé"s performance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show caused another round of controversy.
Hoping to find an internship in political commentary, Lahren applied to OAN, obtained an interview, and was instead offered the opportunity to host her own show.