Tomi Lahren Slammed After Defending Caitlyn Jenner Over Transphobic Heckling At CPAC

“Fox Nation” host Tomi Lahren received a wave of backlash on Twitter after she shared a tweet defending Caitlyn Jenner, who was heckled with transphobic comments while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the weekend.

On Monday, Lahren’s name became a trending topic on the social media platform after she called out attendees for attempting to taunt Jenner by calling out the birth name Bruce and for using other forms of hate speech to attack Jenner.

“Hearing how some 'conservatives' treated @Caitlyn_Jenner at CPAC makes my blood boil. There’s no room for your hate in the America First movement. We believe in freedom and we believe in limited government. The way she chooses to live her personal life harms you in no way!” Lahren tweeted.

The attacks on @Caitlyn_Jenner are despicable. I’ll go to bat for her every single time and if you want to take my “conservative” card for it, take it and shove it. Your mob is no better than the Left’s and in fact, it’s uglier.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) July 12, 2021

Shortly after her name began trending on Twitter, Lahren attempted to clarify why she stood up for Jenner.

“I don’t support @Caitlyn_Jenner BECAUSE she is trans. I agree with most of her policy ideas & know she will fight for CA. She’s also a kind human & more conservative than half the people with ‘Rs’ in Congress. I don’t care how she identifies. She is more than that. Freedom first,” she tweeted.

However, Lahren's explanation wasn’t enough to stop others from slamming her over the hypocritical comment.

“Tomi complaining about seeing transphobes at a CPAC conference is like complaining about seeing Deadheads at a Dead & Company show,” one post read.

The problem with personalities like Tomi is that most are deeply insincere & opportunistic. They selectively wrap themselves in a cause long enough to exploit it for their purposes. You can applaud her when she's right but it's nothing more than calculated maneuvering.
— RandomPodPerson 🏴🚩 🪓🦺 (@RandomPodPerson) July 12, 2021

Tomi Lahren can’t even keep her hatred consistent. pic.twitter.com/eHvVghzKZx
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) July 12, 2021

BTW, if you think Tomi really cares about the LGBTQ community, you should really do some research first. She's just posturing. She has a real problem with it, especially Trans.

Here are just a few of the many hateful comments to spewed regarding the Trans community. pic.twitter.com/jKTO5NdJkr
— Jax Persists (@LadyJayPersists) July 12, 2021

Pretty sure there is ample documentation that Tomi and her minions believe whatever they want, say whatever they want, judge rampantly with little regard for the facts, and apparently are no longer familiar with the word "hypocrite". You give Christians a bad name.
— SonuvaSeaBee#Thisbadcrazinessissonotover (@montereyjack66) July 12, 2021

Another social media user acknowledged that Lahren was right to defend Jenner but believed her past comments about the transgender community made it difficult to take her latest tweet seriously.

“A broken clock is right twice a day. There are ways to critique people you disagree with without attacking them. While you, Tomi, are correct in your response, many of the other things you’ve said have been hypocritical soooooo spare me the fake outrage,” the post read.

Lahren continued to defend her stance throughout the afternoon and even responded to a tweet that called her out for being inconsistent about her beliefs. Meanwhile, Jenner thanked Lahren for standing up for her and declared that they had to continue to fight for others.