Back in March, I covered the Tomi Lahren situation. To recap, Tomi is a “celebrity conservative pundit,” in that she’s young, blonde, hateful and nasty. She’s anti-feminist, she’s a racist, a homophobe, a bigot and a word-salad-spinning malfunctioning fembot in the grand tradition of Sarah Palin. Tomi rose to fame as a commentator on The Blaze, a Glenn Beck-owned media outlet. Well, in March, Tomi was suspended and then sort-of fired from The Blaze. Was it all the sh-t she said about Black Lives Matter? Was it all the sh-t she said about gay people? No and no. She was suspended and fired for expressing one pro-choice thought. One thought, one time, in one interview. And that was a bridge too far for Glenn Beck and The Blaze. Well, now Aryan Princess Tomi Lahren is suing Glenn Beck for wrongful termination.
Tomi Lahren, the outspoken conservative commentator, is suing her former boss and workplace, Glenn Beck and The Blaze, alleging wrongful termination. The suit, filed in Texas Friday, alleges that Beck and The Blaze got rid of Lahren and her nightly talk show due to her making pro-choice comments on “The View” last month.
“I can’t sit here and be a hypocrite and say I’m for limited government but I think the government should decide what women do with their bodies,” she said on the broadcast.
Lahren, who is a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump and arguably one the most notable names at The Blaze other than Beck himself, was suspended — along with her show — for a week following those comments. According to the suit, Lahren then received a call from The Blaze that “her employment was terminated” and “she would have no more shows.”
“She is very disappointed that she is having to pursue ligation,” Lahren’s lawyer, Brian Lauten, told CNN. “The fact of the matter is that she was wrongfully terminated. The contract simply doesn’t allow The Blaze to terminate her for expressing her personal opinion on the salient issue of abortion.”
“Lay down and play dead really isn’t my style. #FinalThoughts,” Lahren herself tweeted after the suit was filed on Friday.
A statement released by The Blaze said, “It is puzzling that an employee who remains under contract (and is still being paid) has sued us for being fired, especially when we continue to comply fully with the terms of our agreement with her.”
The suit acknowledges that Lahren is still being paid, but alleges that The Blaze has done so “presumably hoping they could find an exit strategy to sanitize their unlawful conduct under the Employment Contract.” In the lawsuit, Lahren also accuses Beck and The Blaze of a “public smear campaign” against her, “chastising her political views and opinions in a clear attempt to embarrass, humiliate, and undermine [Lahren's] reach to her audience on social media and elsewhere.”
[From CNN]
Once I stopped laughing at the absurdity and irony, I can admit that sure, Tomi should not be fired over expressing one nuanced thought about abortion. She especially shouldn’t lose her job over that one thing if that’s literally the only sh-t Glenn Beck took issue with. Like, fire her because she’s a racist, homophobic troll, amirite? But whatever. Counterpoint: With these people, I thought corporations were people and corporations had religious and political rights? If The Blaze has religious and political rights, then they have the right to fire someone for not agreeing with them. The Blaze also has the right to not pay for Tomi’s healthcare because she’s obviously a pro-abortion slut (see how that works, Tomi?). I also think that “wrongful termination” probably won’t stand up because, as The Blaze points out, Tomi is still technically employed and being paid. In any case… this should get interesting.
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Source: celebitchy.com
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