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Tammy Bruce
Born (1962-08-20) August 20, 1962 (age 62)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Southern California
Occupations
  • Radio host
  • Writer
  • Political commentator
Websitetammybruce.com

Tammy K. Bruce (born August 20, 1962) is an American conservative radio host, author, and political commentator. Earlier she had been president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women. She is currently an on-air contributor to Fox News and host of Get Tammy Bruce on Fox Nation.

Career

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Bruce, born in Northridge, California and the daughter of Vera Louise Warren and Robert Benson Bruce, a bartender, holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Southern California.[1]

For seven years, Bruce served as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) (1990–1996). She was the youngest woman at the time to lead a major chapter of NOW.[2]

Bruce served two years on NOW's board of directors, but later criticized the organization in one of her books. During the early 1990s, she spearheaded the campaign to publicly criticize the sexualized violence in the novel American Psycho, and led an effort to boycott all titles by the book's publisher, Knopf, for a year.[citation needed]

In 1995, responding to the verdict in the O. J. Simpson murder trial, Bruce said "What we need to teach our children is... not about racism, but is about violence against women″ and that her message to Simpson was "You are not welcome here, you are not welcome in this country, you are not welcome on our airwaves, you are not welcome in our culture." She also refused to discuss the issue on a talk show, reportedly saying "I don’t have time to argue with a bunch of black women; we’ve moved beyond that."[3] The NOW Executive Board voted to censure her for what it called these "racially insensitive comments".[4]: 5 [3][2][5] In May 1996, Bruce resigned as president of Los Angeles NOW.[6] Bruce claimed that the censure was due to her focus on domestic violence, as opposed to defense attorney Johnnie Cochran's "racial issues" trial argument.[7] Since then, Bruce has written about the dispute in her critique on what she sees as the failings of NOW and the political left in general. She has said that the feminist establishment in the U.S. has abandoned authentic feminism.[8] Bruce resigned from NOW five months later, in May 1996. She launched a new organization, the Women’s Progress Alliance with Denise Brown, the sister of Nicole Brown Simpson, saying “We both have been controversial, and we both will remain controversial."[2][9]

In 1997, she hosted an overnight weekend talk show on KFI.[10] Bruce hosted a national radio program on Talk Radio Network throughout much of the 2000s.

A lifelong Democrat (until 2008 when she registered as unaffiliated), Ms. Bruce worked on a number of Democratic campaigns in the 1990s, including the 1992 Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein senate races and the Clinton for President campaign.

In 2003, Bruce was appointed to serve on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's transition team after his successful recall election against Gray Davis.[11]

Bruce returned to Talk Radio Network in November 2012 as a guest host during the move of The Laura Ingraham Show from TRN to Courtside Entertainment Group.[citation needed]. In 2014, Bruce created a short video for the conservative YouTube channel Prager University in which she summarized her criticisms of the contemporary feminist movement.[12][better source needed]

Bruce was the subject of controversy in May 2017, when appearing as a guest on Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight. She criticized an autistic child for asking Vice President Mike Pence for an apology when he accidentally brushed the young boy in the face.[13] She later apologized on air.[14]

In December 2018, Bruce appeared on Fox News to criticize the decision of one Scottish coffee shop to call "gingerbread men" "gingerbread people". Bruce said, "obviously, they're men". She characterized the decision by the coffee shop as "the tipping point" in policing free speech.[15][16][17]

Bruce is a Fox News contributor.[18] In 2019, she became the host of Get Tammy Bruce, which airs on the Fox Nation streaming service.[19][20]

Personal life

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In a 2006 interview with C-SPAN, Bruce stated she was bisexual, and that for her, identifying as a lesbian was a choice.[clarification needed] In an earlier speech, she had identified herself as a pro-choice lesbian.[21]

At the age of 17, Bruce became lovers with 34-year-old actress Brenda Benet.[22]: 2–5  Later, Bruce and Benet lived together for nearly a year before Bruce moved out. After her son’s death, Benet became severely depressed and, on April 7, 1982, Benet died of a self-inflicted gunshot at her home before she was to have lunch with Bruce.[23][24][25]

Books

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  • — (28 January 2003). The New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds. Crown Forum. ISBN 978-0761563730. LCCN 2002153782. OCLC 46640997. OL 8018751M. Retrieved 15 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  • — (22 April 2003). The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values. Random House. ISBN 978-0761516637. OCLC 51293804. OL 8017248M. Retrieved 15 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.[26]
  • — (1 November 2005). The New American Revolution: Using the Power of the Individual to Save Our Nation from Extremists. William Morrow and Company. ISBN 978-0060726201. LCCN 2005044390. OCLC 61123134. OL 3422638M. Retrieved 15 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  • — (2024). Fear Itself: Exposing the Left's Mind-Killing Agenda. Broadside Books. ISBN 9780063228528. LCCN 2024001365.

Films

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Bruce made her film debut in the short feature film 2081, [27][better source needed] and appeared in the 2011 documentary The Undefeated.[28]

References

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  1. ^ Malone, Noreen (January 20, 2011). "Sarah Palin's Biggest Fan". Slate. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Hubler, Shawn (7 May 1996). "Tammy Bruce, Outspoken President of NOW's L.A. Chapter, Resigns". Los Angeles Times. eISSN 2165-1736. ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Group Apologizes for LA Leader's Remarks Following Simpson Verdict". AP NEWS. December 7, 1995. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. ^ L.A. NOW president in controversy. February 1996. p. 5. ISSN 0030-0071. JSTOR stable/20835379. LCCN sv86023034. OCLC 1038241. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Noble, Kenneth B. (December 18, 1995). "Outspokenness on Simpson Case Has California Talk Show Host in aCaldron". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  6. ^ Gleick, Elizabeth (January 8, 1996). "Fighting Words". Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
  7. ^ — (28 January 2003). The New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds. Crown Forum. ISBN 978-0761563730. LCCN 2002153782. OCLC 46640997. OL 8018751M. Retrieved 15 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Gillin, Beth (November 29, 2005). "Packing heat – and political punch". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 10, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
  9. ^ "Embattled L.A. NOW President Quits, Forms Organization with Denise Brown". AP NEWS. May 7, 1996. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  10. ^ "Amazonian Nights on KFI" (PDF), Los Angeles Radio Guide, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 7, 1997.
  11. ^ Nicholas, Peter; Gold, Matea (October 11, 2003). "Schwarzenegger Team Focuses on 2 Key Posts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  12. ^ "Feminism 2.0". Prager University. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  13. ^ "Fox News contributor apologizes for mocking 10-year-old boy with autism as a 'snowflake'". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  14. ^ "Fox News Contributor Tammy Bruce Apologizes for Comments About 'Snowflake' 10-Year-Old Boy". Mediaite. May 16, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  15. ^ Moye, David (December 19, 2018). "Fox News Contributor Tells Tucker Carlson Gingerbread Cookies Are 'Obviously Men'". HuffPost. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  16. ^ McNamara, Audrey (December 19, 2018). "Fox News' Tammy Bruce on 'Gingerbread People': 'Obviously, They're Men'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  17. ^ Krawczyk, Kathryn (19 December 2018). "Calling cookies gingerbread 'people' suggests we're 'spiritually neutering' ourselves, Fox News' Tucker Carlson says". The Week. ISSN 1533-8304. OCLC 45905750. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  18. ^ Lemon, Jason (August 26, 2019). "Fox News contributor claims media 'think the American people should be punished' for electing Trump". Newsweek.
  19. ^ "Fox Nation Rolls Out New Slate Featuring Tyrus, Kat Timpf, Tammy Bruce, Lawrence Jones". Deadline Hollywood. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  20. ^ Nelson, Joshua (October 11, 2019). "Tammy Bruce: Biden campaign seems to think he cannot be criticized in mainstream media". Fox News Channel.
  21. ^ "Book Discussion: The New American Revolution – Video (Timestamp 4:25-4:35)". C-SPAN (Video). November 18, 2005. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  22. ^ — (22 April 2003). The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values. Random House. ISBN 978-0761516637. OCLC 51293804. OL 8017248M. Retrieved 15 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  23. ^ "Actress Brenda Benet, who played the often hysterical Lee..." UPI. April 8, 1982. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  24. ^ Staff (April 9, 1982). "Actress Brenda Benet kills self, star in soap". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  25. ^ "Brenda Benet, Actress, Called Suicide Victim". The New York Times. April 9, 1982. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  26. ^ "NYT Bestseller May 11, 2003". The New York Times. May 11, 2003. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  27. ^ "Watch "2018" a new film based on Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"". finallyequal.com. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  28. ^ Swan, Betsy (April 13, 2017). "Steve Bannon's Deep, Weird Adoration of Sarah Palin". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 22, 2020. The Undefeated, a film about Palin featuring Mark Levin, Tammy Bruce, and other conservative pundits.
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