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By Britt Nelson

There’s a new gunslinger in town named Tomi Lahren. She delivers machine-gun style conservative political commentary and she’s getting a lot of attention these days. Better put your sunglasses on.

Kelly and FOX News announced this week that Kelly will give her final ‘The Kelly File’ news show on Friday at 9 pm. It’s time Kelly moved on after her repeated melt downs and anger fits on FOX News during Campaign 2016. She’s signed on with NBC and will be doing a Sundayevening news show going up against long-time-news icon CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ as well as news shows during the week, according to NBC News.

It was reported that Lahren might fill that spot on Fox News, but Friday morning Fox announced that commentator Tucker Carlson will replace Megyn Kelly starting on Monday at 9 pm.

If FOX News had a lick of sense they would have signed Lahren and put this intelligent beauty up against all comers where she would shine brighter than a fireball streaking across the night sky. She would draw historic ratings for FOX News. She is absolutely right-wing irresistible. 

A year or so ago Lahren was an unknown quantity, but not now. Her ‘Final Thoughts’ commentaries on The Blaze TV news show out of Dallas combined with her popularity on social media she now has millions upon millions of viewers cheering her on. On Facebook alone she has nearly four million followers. This girl has mastered social media and it’s only a matter of time before she makes the big time and FOX News must know this. She is a rising media star and a proud, outspoken supporter of President-elect Donald Trump. She is one of the reasons Trump won the state of Texas. 

If Lahren does make it to FOX News, Democrats from coast-to-coast will be ducking for cover as she takes aim and opens relentless automatic fire upon their weak, tired and warn out ideologies that lost this year’s presidential election and the U.S. Congress. Hillary Clinton bragged about coming under sniper fire when she was secretary of state, now it won’t be a lie with Lahren coming at them with her safety off in rapid verbal assault.

Lahren, 24, from Rapid City, South Dakota, grew up in a military family and graduated from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 2014. She quickly became a TV talk show host in San Diego before moving to Dallas in 2015, according to Wikipedia. She is a practicing Christian, a family-oriented girl with a quick mind, a sharp wit and a warm endearing smile. She’s hotter than a cheap pistol on a Saturday night in Chicago.

According to thewrap.com, there were at least 11 contenders to replace Kelly in between O’Reilly and Hannity that include Jesse Watters, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Judge Jeanie Pirro and Eric Bolling. For FOX News viewers these are all familiar names, except Lahren, who has appeared numerous times on FOX News. All of these people are worthy of replacing Kelly, but none have that sizzle and sizzle sells. None would garner the ratings that Lahren would and ratings rule. Lahren has the ‘X Factor.’

In today’s competitive worldwide TV news market, there is no one to compare Lahren to. She truly is in a class by herself. If FOX News does not have the foresight to hire her immediately, then FOX News will be the loser, not Lahren. 

The best advice for FOX News is get Lahren signed to a three-year deal and get out of her way but they didn’t. They should at some point hire this girl, put her out front and just let her blow the doors off other TV talk/news shows. Her ratings would be through the roof. 

More than likely, even from Dallas Lahren will score interviews with President Trump that other reporters or commentators would not stand a chance to get. Right now she’s talking with movers and shakers across the USA and around the world, and they want to talk to her. There’s no saying “no” to Tomi, no way.

It’s doubtful mainstream media such as — ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC — would ever hire Lahren, but she will find her way to the top. Lahren is a shining star, but not in Hollywood.

About the Author

Britt Nelson relocated to Costa Rica in 2011 from Florida, where he served as news editor for the Palatka Daily News, a newspaper owned by the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group (NYT-RNG) for 20 years.

Nelson served the NYT-RNG for 18 years in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida as a correspondent, reporter, staff writer, senior staff writer training new reporters, copy editor, page designer, editorial writer, editorial page editor and editorial board member.