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Laura Anne Ingraham (Template:IPAc-en; born June 19, 1963)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American conservative television presenter.<ref name=WhoWho>Template:Cite book Gale Biography In Context.</ref> She has been the host of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel since October 2017, and is the editor-in-chief of LifeZette. She formerly hosted the nationally syndicated radio show The Laura Ingraham Show.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ingraham worked as a speechwriter in the Reagan administration in the late 1980s. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia in 1991 and was a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She then worked for the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City. Ingraham began her media career in the mid-1990s. Ingraham is known for her support for Donald Trump and acted as an informal advisor during his first presidency. Template:Toc limit
Early life and educationEdit
Template:Expand section Ingraham grew up in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where she was born to Anne Caroline (née Kozak) and James Frederick Ingraham III.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her maternal grandparents were Polish immigrants and her father was of Irish and English ancestry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She has two brothers. She graduated from Glastonbury High School in 1981.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ingraham studied English literature and Russian at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts. After college, Ingraham spent several years as a speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan's domestic policy advisor. She then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a notes editor for the Virginia Law Review.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1991.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CareerEdit
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In the late 1980s, Ingraham worked as a speechwriter in the Reagan administration for the Domestic Policy Advisor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She also briefly served as editor of The Prospect, the magazine issued by Concerned Alumni of Princeton.
After graduating from law school in 1991, Ingraham was a law clerk for Judge Ralph K. Winter Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1991 to 1992 and for Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas from 1992 to 1993. She then worked as an attorney at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1995, she appeared on the cover of The New York Times Magazine in connection with a story about young conservatives.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1996, she and Jay P. Lefkowitz organized the first Dark Ages Weekend in response to Renaissance Weekend.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Television hostEdit
Ingraham has had three stints as a cable television host. She first became a host on MSNBC in 1996.<ref>Collins, Scott Crazy Like A Fox: The Inside Story of How Fox News Beat CNN, Template:ISBN</ref> In the late 1990s, she became a CBS commentator and hosted the MSNBC program Watch It!.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Several years later, on her radio program, Ingraham began campaigning for another cable television show. In 2008, Fox News Channel gave her a three-week trial run for a new show entitled Just In.<ref>Great News on the Laura Ingraham Front by Michael Gaynor, theconservativevoice.com; accessed April 28, 2014.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In October 2017, she became the host of a new Fox News Channel program, The Ingraham Angle.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Radio hostEdit
Ingraham launched The Laura Ingraham Show in April 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The show was heard on 306 stations and on XM Satellite Radio. It was originally syndicated by Westwood One, but moved to Talk Radio Network in 2004.Template:Citation needed In 2012, Ingraham was rated as the No. 5 radio show in America by Talkers Magazine.<ref>Profile Template:Webarchive, Talkers.com; accessed April 28, 2014.</ref> In November 2012, she announced her departure from Talk Radio Network, declining to renew her contract with TRN after nearly a decade of being associated with the network. She was the second major host from TRN's lineup to leave the network that year: TRN's other major program, The Savage Nation, left TRN two months earlier. Her new program, syndicated by Courtside Entertainment Group, began airing on January 2, 2013, and went off the air in December 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ingraham continues to produce podcast material for Courtside's PodcastOne division.<ref>"Laura Ingraham To End Syndicated Show; Move To PodcastOne" Template:Webarchive from Radio Insight (November 14, 2018)</ref>
LifeZetteEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} LifeZette is a conservative American website founded in 2015 by Ingraham and businessman Peter Anthony.<ref name=vanityfair>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In January 2018, Ingraham confirmed that she had sold the majority stake in LifeZette to The Katz Group, owned by Canadian billionaire Daryl Katz.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
BooksEdit
- The Hillary Trap: Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places, first published June 2000 and updated in 2005, accuses Hillary Clinton of being a faux feminist<ref>Mary McGrory, "The Hillary Trap: Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places", Washington Monthly, Vol. 32, No. 6 (June 2000), p. 51.</ref> whose "liberal feminism has created a culture that rewards dependency, encourages fragmentation, undermines families, and celebrates victimhood".<ref>Cynthia Harrison, "The Hillary Trap: Women Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places", Library Journal, Vol. 125 No. 12 (July 2000), p. 119.</ref>
- Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America, published October 25, 2003, decries liberal elites in politics, the media, academia, arts and entertainment, business, and international organizations, and praises Middle Americans as "the kind of people who are the lifeblood of healthy democratic societies".<ref>Kathryn Jean Lopez, "Books in Brief", National Review, Vol. 55, No. 21 (November 10, 2003), p. 51.</ref>
- Power to the People, a New York Times number one best seller,<ref name="Arave">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Clapp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Obama Diaries, a New York Times number one best seller,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> published July 13, 2010, is a fictional collection of diary entries purportedly made by President Barack Obama, which Ingraham uses satirically to criticize Obama, his family, and his administration.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Of Thee I Zing, a New York Times best seller,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> published July 12, 2011, is a collection of humorous anecdotes meant to point out the decline of American culture, from muffin tops to body shots.
- Billionaire at the Barricades, published 2017, explains the 2016 election victory of Donald Trump as the continuation of a populist revolution, initiated by Ronald Reagan, with working class support.
Political viewsEdit
Ingraham has been described as reactionary,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> "no stranger to generating controversy" by Variety<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and as a "name-brand provocateur" by Politico.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Business Insider has referred to Ingraham's on-air style as "wad[ing] into debates on racism and gun violence".<ref name="BI controversy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ingraham has said that her influences include Ronald Reagan, Robert Bork, and Pat Buchanan.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref>
HomosexualityEdit
In her senior year at Dartmouth College, during her tenure as editor-in-chief of independent campus newspaper The Dartmouth Review,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ingraham wrote several controversial articles. She sent a reporter undercover in 1984 to a campus Gay Students Association meeting, and later received criticism when, despite an oath of confidentiality being read to participants,<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Ingraham published a transcript of the meeting and included the names of the attendees, describing them as "cheerleaders for latent campus sodomites".<ref name=":0" /><ref name="oconnor">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ingraham argued that confidentiality did not apply because the meeting had been advertised, and defended the outing of the gay students as a "freedom of the press issue".<ref name=":0" /> Jeffrey Hart, the faculty adviser for The Dartmouth Review, described Ingraham as having "the most extreme anti-homosexual views imaginable", and said "she went so far as to avoid a local eatery where she feared the waiters were homosexual".<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Carlson">Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1997, Ingraham wrote an essay in The Washington Post in which she stated that she had changed her views on homosexuality after witnessing "the dignity, fidelity, and courage" with which her gay brother, Curtis, and his partner coped with the latter being diagnosed with AIDS; Curtis's partner ultimately died of the disease. Ingraham has stated that she supports civil unions between same-sex partners, but believes marriage "is between a man and a woman".<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref>
Immigration and raceEdit
Ingraham is a frequent critic of immigration and has expressed anti-immigration views.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She opposed the proposed bipartisan 2013 US Senate comprehensive immigration reform plan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2014, Ingraham said that allowing more immigrant workers to come to the United States would be "obscene to the American experience".<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2014, she denounced House Majority Leader Eric Cantor after he expressed support for the DREAM Act and a GOP bill to grant a pathway to citizenship for young immigrants.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the time, Cantor faced a primary challenge from Dave Brat, which he would go on to lose.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":7">Template:Cite news</ref> According to The New York Times, "Few people did more than Ms. Ingraham to propel Mr. Brat ... from obscurity to national conservative hero."<ref name=":7" /> Ingraham said the race would go "down as one of the most significant repudiations of establishment immigration reform that I've seen in my 20 years of doing politics",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and that due to the outcome of the race, "immigration reform is DOA".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> That same year, Ingraham harshly criticized Republican congresswoman Renee Ellmers for expressing support for a comprehensive immigration bill which included a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants who were in the country at the time.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":8">Template:Cite news</ref> In an interview with Ellmers, Ingraham accused her of supporting amnesty and using liberal talking points, and said her arguments were "infuriating to my listeners".<ref name=":8" />
In September 2014, Ingraham claimed that then-President Barack Obama sent assistance to Africa during the 2014 Ebola outbreak and exposed Americans to the virus because of his guilt over "colonialism".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In September 2017, amid reports that Trump was considering an agreement with Democrats on amnesty for approximately 800,000 DREAMers, Ingraham criticized him, tweeting "When does American working class w/out real wage increase in 15yrs & who send their kids to overcrowded public schools get amnesty?"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In July 2018, Ingraham harshly criticized Republican congressman Kevin Yoder after he expressed support for a Democratic bill that rolled back Attorney General Jeff Sessions' order that immigration judges not be allowed to grant asylum to asylum seekers fleeing domestic abuse or gang violence in their home country.<ref name=":6">Template:Cite news</ref> She called on the congressman "to stop selling out the Trump agenda".<ref name=":6" />
In February 2018, Ingraham said NBA players LeBron James and Kevin Durant should "shut up and dribble" after James called comments by Trump "laughable and scary".<ref name="dribble">Template:Cite news</ref> When her statement was criticized, Ingraham said there was no racial intent in her remarks and cited her 2003 book Shut Up & Sing and other instances when she had said performers should "shut up" about politics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="dribble" /><ref name=":10">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2020, when Drew Brees, a white athlete, criticized protesters who kneeled during the U.S. national anthem, Ingraham was criticized for supporting his statements, which she had not done in the earlier case with the African-American athletes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ingraham defended the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" family separation policy for children of illegal immigrants, and in a June 18, 2018, broadcast compared the children's facilities to "summer camps" that "resemble boarding schools".<ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She further described criticism of the policy as "faux liberal outrage".<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref> Ingraham had referred to the border crossings as "slow-rolling invasion of the United States".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> School shooting survivor and activist David Hogg, who had led a previous campaign to pressure advertisers to leave The Ingraham Angle, called for a second boycott, but advertisers interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter on June 19 did not plan to leave the show.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Speculation on promoting the "Great Replacement" theoryEdit
Template:See also Ingraham has objected to the changing racial demographics of The United States.<ref name="Esquire">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In August 2018, she stated "some parts of the country it does seem like the America we know and love doesn't exist anymore. Massive demographic changes have been foisted upon the American people. And they're changes that none of us ever voted for, and most of us don't like... much of this is related to both illegal and, in some cases, legal immigration that, of course, progressives love."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":9">Template:Cite news</ref>
Various commentators criticized Ingraham's comments, with The Atlantic claiming she was alluding to the U.S. becoming "less and less white with every passing year".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Many outlets argued that it echoed white nationalist rhetoric or that itself constituted a "white nationalist rant".<ref name="Esquire" /><ref name=":9" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ingraham's comments were endorsed by white supremacist and former Klansman David Duke.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In response, Ingraham called Duke a "racist freak whose name I won't even mention".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Some mainstream media described Ingraham's views as advocating the white genocide conspiracy theory.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In her August 9, 2018 Ingraham Angle monologue, Ingraham stated she was not talking about "race or ethnicity" and went on to say, "There is something slipping away in this country and it's not about race or ethnicity. It's what was once a common understanding by both parties that American citizenship is a privilege, and one that at a minimum requires respect for the rule of law and loyalty to our constitution."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In October 2018, Ingraham urged her audience to vote Republican in the upcoming midterm elections, saying that Democrats "want to replace you, the American voters, with newly amnestied citizens and an ever-increasing number of chain migrants."<ref name=":14">Template:Cite news</ref>
In May 2019, Ingraham showed a graphic on her show of "prominent voices censored on social media", which included "people who believe in border enforcement, people who believe in national sovereignty." Among those listed was Paul Nehlen, known for making numerous anti-Semitic remarks, who was banned from Twitter after making racist remarks about Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In June 2019, she spread unsubstantiated claims that asylum seekers to the United States may carry the Ebola virus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
EconomicsEdit
Ingraham has supported deregulation and has spoken against lawsuits.<ref name=":13">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2021 Ingraham suggested getting rid of unemployment benefits for people capable of work.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In September 2022, Ingraham criticized the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program, stating that her mother worked as a waitress until she was 73 to pay for Ingraham's loans. Ingraham was criticized on Twitter with some asking why she let her mother work into her 70s to pay her debt, while she had held a number of high-paying positions in government, law and the media.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Foreign policyEdit
Ingraham advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. However, during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, she said she considered the Iraq war a mistake, and criticized "Bushism" as Trump ran against Jeb Bush.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In August 2019, Ingraham condemned China's "brutal violation of basic human rights" and China's Xinjiang internment camps for Muslim ethnic minority groups.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ingraham is a supporter of Israel, which she called "one of our closest allies". She criticized Ilhan Omar's description of Israel as an apartheid regime.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Donald TrumpEdit
Ingraham is known for her strong support for Donald Trump.<ref name=":2" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During his first presidency, she acted as an informal advisor to the administration, flouting journalistic ethical norms.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2016 after Trump became the Republican nominee Ingraham expressed support for Trump during her speech at the Republican National Committee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In June 2019, Ingraham mocked reports that Trump had delayed his participation in D-Day commemoration activities to sit for an interview with her, strongly dismissing them as "patently false—fake news", despite video of the interview showing Trump saying, "These people are so amazing, and what they don't realize is that I'm holding them up because of this interview, but that's because it's you."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
January 6 United States Capitol attack conspiracy theoriesEdit
Template:See also Following the attack on the United States Capitol by Trump supporters on January 6, 2021, Ingraham was among those who advanced the conspiracy theory that people associated with antifa were responsible.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the attack, she had texted Trump's Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, "Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home. This is hurting all of us. He is destroying his legacy."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, she downplayed Trump supporter involvement that evening on Ingraham Angle, stating, "They were likely not all Trump supporters. I have never seen Trump rally attendees wearing helmets, black helmets, brown helmets, black backpacks — the uniforms you saw in some of these crowd shots."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She later ridiculed four members of the Capitol Police and D.C. Police who had responded to the insurrection, after they testified to House lawmakers on July 27, 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FBI search of Mar-a-LagoEdit
Template:See also In 2022, Ingraham criticized the Justice Department and FBI for the search of Trump's private club and residence, Mar-a-Lago, over his handling of classified information, but suggested that Republican voters might "turn the page" and back another 2024 presidential candidate "if we can get someone who has all Trump's policies, who's not Trump".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
COVID-19 pandemicEdit
Anti-vaccination conspiracy theoriesEdit
Template:See also During the coronavirus pandemic, Ingraham repeatedly questioned vaccine legitimacy, and instead pushed for the use of the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).<ref name=":11">Template:Cite news</ref> She characterized it as a miracle drug and booked guests on her show to promote the drug.<ref name=":11" /> She mocked Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert R. Redfield after he cautioned against the drug.<ref name=":11" /> After a study was released which tested the drug on 368 Veterans Affairs patients and showed that the drug was associated with an increased risk of death, she attacked the study as "shoddy", "shockingly irresponsible" and "agenda-driven".<ref name=":11" /> She questioned whether attempts to "disprove effectiveness" of the drug was "triggered by pure hatred of Trump? Of Fox? Of me?"<ref name=":11" /> On June 15, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration revoked the Emergency Approval of hydroxychloroquine (and chloroquine). FDA said that a review of some studies showed that the drugs' potential benefits in treating COVID-19 did not outweigh the risks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ingraham was an early media proponent of the anti-parasite drug ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 (a use not recommended by the FDA), and promoted a conspiracy theory that doctors and officials "vilify and dismiss and demean, and, frankly, lie about it, the effectiveness of these drugs".<ref name=":12">Template:Cite news</ref>
Other COVID-19 criticismsEdit
In May 2020, Ingraham criticized requirements that people wear face masks in public as a way to halt the spread of the coronavirus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
She gave airtime to Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican operative who filed lawsuits against California to stop the implementation of stay-at-home orders intended to halt the spread of the coronavirus. She praised her as "leading the charge to keep Gavin Newsom's power grabs in check."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In October 2020, Ingraham and her guest Victor Davis Hanson spread misinformation about New Zealand's response to the pandemic on her show. Referring to a "terrifying new response" which was months old, she called New Zealand's managed isolation facilities "camps" when they are in fact lavish hotels.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Gun issuesEdit
Template:See also Ingraham warned Trump not to support gun control; after comments he made in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Ingraham said in a February 2018 tweet that "If the President @realDonaldTrump dives on the 2nd [Amendment], he won't have to worry abt who runs his 2020 campaign."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and cyberbullying accusationsEdit
Template:See also In March 2018, Ingraham's show was boycotted by 27 sponsors<ref name="Lincoln">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> after she ridiculed David Hogg, a 17-year-old student survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, for supposedly complaining about being rejected by four colleges.<ref name="USAToday">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In response, Hogg posted a list of Ingraham's advertisers and called for a boycott,<ref name="NYT 29 March 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> accusing her of cyberbullying.<ref name="NYT 29 March 2018" /> After several advertisers left the show<ref name="Mazza">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Welk March 2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Perez">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ingraham apologized,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which Hogg dismissed as insincere.<ref name="Kludt March 2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Advertising time during the show dropped by as much as 52 percent.<ref name="Berr">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Thomsen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="twsWashPost3377">Template:Cite news</ref> After Ingraham returned from a vacation following the boycott, her program earned its best ratings ever, spiking 25% in total viewers and saw an increase of 36% in the key 25–54 age group demographic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> As of October 2018, companies were continuing to shun Ingraham's show despite the increased ratings.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Conspiracy theoriesEdit
Ingraham has promoted conspiracy theories about topics such as the COVID-19 pandemic<ref name=":12" /> and the January 6 United States Capitol attack.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ingraham has promoted the Great Replacement theory and stated that Democrats "want to replace you, the American voters, with newly amnestied citizens and an ever-increasing number of chain migrants".<ref name=":14" /> Ingraham also hosted Republicans Jim Banks, Stephen Miller, and Jim Jordan who also endorsed the theory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
During an appearance on Fox & Friends Ingraham promoted the conspiracy theory that the Democratic National Committee was involved in the murder of Seth Rich.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
Ingraham attended a Baptist church until the age of twelve, later converting to Roman Catholicism.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}; Template:Cite book, pp. 307–309.</ref> She studied Spanish and Russian.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ingraham has dated George Conway<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Dinesh D'Souza,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> fellow conservatives.
In April 2005, Ingraham announced that she had undergone treatment for breast cancer.<ref>"Laura Ingraham Recovering from Cancer Surgery", Outsidethebeltway.com (April 2005) Template:Webarchive; accessed April 28, 2014.</ref>
She is a single parent of three children: a girl, Maria, from Guatemala adopted in 2008; a boy, Michael Dmitri, from Russia adopted in 2009;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and a second boy, Nikolai Peter, adopted from Russia in 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See alsoEdit
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 10) – Clarence Thomas
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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