Ingraham didn't have any problems claiming credit for the advertising scalp. According to the conservative blog Hot Air she later appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto and "slammed Akon for mainstreaming utter vile filth.
The late Arizona Sen. John McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain , is now a public figure in her own right, having co-hosted the panel show Outnumbered on Fox News before landing a permanent spot at the table with the ladies of The View.
But when she'd only just dipped her toe into the shark-filled waters of political punditry back in , McCain tangoed with none other than Laura Ingraham.
According to Think Progress , Ingraham then used a "valley girl" voice to imitate Meghan, made a mocking reference to how show couldn't get cast on The Real World because "they don't like plus-sized models," and slammed The View host for being critical of "extreme" political viewpoints on both sides of the aisle.
McCain responded in a column for the Daily Beast titled, " Quit Talking About My Weight, Laura Ingraham ," in which she questioned why Ingraham deviated from the ideological discussion for a crass personal attack. Ingraham responded by calling her "plus-sized models" remark a "throwaway comic line" that was an attempt to jab at "Hollywood's obsession with stick figure women. She's the person who got me national attention.
That's all I have to say about that. If you thought all past and present Fox News hosts were automatically on the same side, think again. There doesn't even seem to be a shared bond of sisterhood between former colleague Megyn Kelly and Laura Ingraham, despite the many reasons working in the same troubled newsroom could have forged one. In her October interview with The New York Times , Ingraham swiped at Kelly's now-defunct nine o'clock hour on Today with a rather unflattering comparison.
We're going to have a stove in the back, and we're going to have popovers? I won't be doing that. On-air, Ingraham has come for Kelly a few times, referencing the flagging ratings of Kelly's morning show and mocking her segment featuring women who have accused President Trump of sexual harassment and assault. Shots have not only been fired here, but full-on war has been waged, even if only one side seems to be fighting.
It was a remarkable admission to make, but one that perhaps shouldn't have come as much of a surprise given the president's known TV-watching habits — he's an unabashed lover of Fox News — coupled with Ingraham's early endorsement during his candidacy.
But that's not to say that Ingraham is Trump's yes-woman. She also pointed out to The Times that she's been critical of the president at times and that she would continue to do so on air as she saw fit. And I'm sure he'll tell me when he thinks I'm deviating from what's proper and thoughtful. And I'll do the same with him. For decades, Laura Ingraham has given more than her two cents on the American political process, and there may come a day when she decides to get off the sidelines.
Speaking with The Sunday Times via Real Clear Politics in , Ingraham said that she's "been approached by various people to get involved" and that she was "keeping an open mind about running for office in the future. Fast forward four years, and Ingraham's plans had not yet solidified, although she seemed to have narrowed her sights on a branch of government to try to infiltrate: the legislature.
Specifically, Ingraham was eyeballing the seat occupied by Tim Kane, the junior senator from Virginia, who also ran for vice president alongside Hillary Clinton.
In an echo of her remarks from , Ingraham once again said that she'd been encouraged to run by some "well connected" Virginians, which she found "very flattering," although she had yet to make up her mind on whether to do so, according to CNN. A few months later, The Washington Post all but ruled out the possibility of Ingraham joining the race, but we wouldn't discount the notion that the extremely popular pundit who President Trump considered to be his press secretary has given up her political aspirations just yet.
Laura Ingraham was diagnosed with breast cancer in , and battled for years with chemotherapy and surgery. In , she spoke with Talkers about being a cancer "thrivor" she says the term survivor "sounds too defensive". It was not a pleasant experience to go through and I treated it like training for a marathon, or writing a law school essay. I powered through it and did not want people to pity me. Ingraham even channeled the life-threatening struggle into another book, Power to the People , which was published in Though the book covers Ingraham typical political stomping grounds, she told Cancer Connect that it was the stories of other "thrivors" that inspired her to write it.
Asked to counsel others afflicted with a cancer diagnosis, Ingraham again referred to a cancer battle in terms of a tough assignment. It's something you've got to go through and keep moving forward," Ingraham advised. Referring to adopted children as "little angels" that "need us," Ingraham told The Free Beacon , "I didn't really think all that much about adoption until I adopted," but she found her passion for the cause after adopting three children of her own — two boys from Russia and a girl from Guatemala.
She said she hopes Adopt a New Attitude reveals to the public what the "great light of adoption [is]. If Ingraham's initiative had even the slightest impact on that turnaround, it's something that deserves some attention. Laura Ingraham stoked the flames of controversy once more when she addressed the late rapper and former gang member Nipsey Hussle's death. He was shot multiple times in what is believed to have been a gang-related incident. So, what was Ingraham's According to USA Today , she seemed to think it was hilarious.
In a March 12, segment of her show, Ingraham laughed and joked along with guest Raymond Arroyo about a memorial service held for Hussle. Sarcastically referring to the slain rapper as "this dear artist," Ingraham played a clip from a music video for the song "FDT," a derogatory rap takedown of President Donald Trump by fellow rapper YG.
While Hussle was featured on the track, he did not appear in the clip Ingraham played. This did not sit well with Hussle's friends in the hip-hop community. Rapper The Game called for Ingraham's immediate termination , threatening a widespread boycott of her sponsors if it didn't happen.
Clearly, Laura Ingraham is no fan of liberal teen activists. But she may have saved arguably her worst attack for Greta Thunberg , the teen climate change activist and Time's Person of the Year, who "inspired 4 million people to join the global climate strike He has since been treated for a gunshot wound and is in stable condition. And even after it had been announced that ten people had lost their lives in the shooting, anchor Fox's Laura Ingraham nevertheless held an interview about the "farce" of social distancing.
When Hannity eventually got around to covering the shooting during an interview with Dan Bongino, Rush Limbaugh's successor, later Monday night, the host launched into a diatribe about why the shooting demonstrates the need for a strong police force, especially after the protests last summer. And in this case we lost one tonight. The discrepancy in coverage sparked outrage online, with many commenting on Fox's complete lapse in editorial judgment.
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