While there were many voices that stood in defiance of Saturday’s March For Our Lives, including many vocal second amendment defenders, none got more attention than Tomi Lahren. The blonde right-wing firebrand who has made a name for herself thanks to her controversial monologues and far-right talking points was clearly no fan of March For Our Lives or the push for gun control. This is no surprise, of course, but a glance at Lahren’s Twitter account shows she spent the better part of Saturday criticizing the marches and questioning the motivation behind it.
Simply being anti-NRA is not a solution. March FOR something, not just against everything.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) March 24, 2018
The issue with this tweet that many were quick to point out is how the motives and goals of the march were pretty clear. It’s right in the name of the march itself:
Literally called March FOR Our Lives.
— VoteVets (@votevets) March 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/JamesPMorrison/status/977631229561389056
MarchFORourlives. For. Our. Lives. FOR. FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR. For. For. FORFORFORFORFORFORFORFORFORFOR. For. For Our Lives. It's called the MARCHFOROURLIVES.
Good talk. https://t.co/VbOZVsi4vY
— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) March 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/Cycle4/status/977710624603099137
March for OUR LIVES
— Jeff 🦂 Smith (@Schmitocracy) March 24, 2018
claiming they're not marching FOR something when the name is March FOR Our Lives….. pic.twitter.com/CnGM14kNeG
— online guy jon butter (@thejonbutter) March 24, 2018
You mean like for…..our lives? pic.twitter.com/EIEYT0tyrS
— Pizza with little pizzas as toppings (@StickToPizza) March 25, 2018
The #MarchForOurLives is literally FOR gun reform. Your head is as empty as your peroxide bottle.
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) March 24, 2018
— Mike 💎💣🏹 ❤❤🖤🖤🖤 (@linkistheboyone) March 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/JoeBerkowitz/status/977637905689726976
This didn’t stop Lahren from continuing to be critical of the march and the pro-gun movement that seems to be sweeping the nation. She tweeted out several more messages against the march, echoing several of the talking points you hear from pro-gun advocates. This includes the idea that any form of gun control is a slippery slope towards tyranny on the populace.
Do you realize millions of your FELLOW AMERICANS are members of the NRA? #marchforourlives
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) March 24, 2018
Logic of the Left: we need more gun control and regulations for law-abiding Americans and also border enforcement is mean and immigration law is just a suggestion.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) March 24, 2018
Disarming the citizenry is the first step to oppression and tyranny. Kids, I suggest you crack open the history book and learn this pattern. #marchforourlives
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) March 24, 2018
Yes, you have your First Amendment right to protest for gun control BUT that doesn’t negate MY First Amendment right to challenge your approach and it certainly doesn’t strip me of my Second Amendment right to protect and defend myself. #MarchForOurLives
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) March 25, 2018
But it only takes one response to really raise questions about Lahren’s role as a face for this debate:
https://twitter.com/votevets/status/977907499943604224