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Cardi B and Tomi Lahren Feud
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Overview
Cardi B and Tomi Lahren Feud refers to Tomi Lahren's reaction to singer/rapper, Cardi B's, recent Instagram post regarding the 2018-2019 Government Shutdown which lead to an argument between the two celebrities on Twitter.
Background
On January 16th, 2019, Cardi B posted a video to Instagram voicing her frustration with the federal government shutdown of 2018-2019 (shown below). She defended Obama and criticized President Trump for "ordering and summoning federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid."[2] The video gained over 10 million views within the first day.
That same night, senators Brian Schatz, Chris Murphy and Chuck Schumer[1] Tweeted in response to Cardi's post debating whether or not to retweet her video (shown below).
![Cardi B Debate Brian Schatz@brianschatz 16h (Trying to decide whether or not to retweet the Cardi B video) 961 4.0K 29K Chris Murphy@ChrisMurphyCT 16h Omg, I had the same argument with myself 30 minutes ago! 106 721 8.6K Brian Schatz@brianschatz 16h Ok you do it. And say retweets are not endorsements, especially the language, and I will retweet. 111 550 7.1 K Chris Murphy@ChrisMurphyCT 16h DHYB 51 3375.0K Brian Schatz@brianschatz 15h I had to google that. Fair enough. See you tomorrow Murph. 67 350 5.6K Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer Follow Replying to @brianschatz @ChrisMurphyCT Guys, I'm still holding my breath. Are you gonna RT Cardi B or not? 6:42 PM -16 Jan 2019 4,711 Retweets 25,195 Likes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/417/494.png)
Cardi responded later that night with a Tweet asking, "Why am I trending?" which was retweeted over 9,000 times and liked by 137,000 Twitter users within 24 hours (shown below).
![Why Iamcardib @iamcardib Why am l trending? 7:08 PM-16 Jan 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/450/429/0bf.png)
Developments
On January 16th, 2019 Tomi Lahren responded[3] to Cardi B's Instagram post on Twitter sarcastically labeling Cardi as the perfect spokesperson for the Democratic party (shown below). The tweet garnered 3,000 retweets and 21,000 likes within a week.
![Tomi's Initial Reaction Tomi Lahren @TomiLahren Looks like @iamcardib is the latest genius political mind to endorse the Democrats. HA! Keep it up, guys! #MAGA2020](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/451/806/cdc.png)
Cardi responded four days later on January 20th by saying she would "dog walk" (shown below). The tweet gained over 183,000 retweets and over 780,000 likes within a day.
![Dogwalk iamcardib @iamcardib Leave me alone l will dog walk you](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/451/804/857.png)
A few hours later Lahren responded with a tweet that gained over 4,000 retweets and 28,000 likes during that day (shown below).
![Tomi Tweet Lahren Tomi @TomiLahren I'm sure you would. Still doesn't make your political rambling any less moronic. #BuildthatWall](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/451/803/e11.png)
Cardi's response gained over 180,000 retweets and 750,000 likes (shown below).
![Cardi Calls Tomi Racist iamcardib @iamcardib You're so blinded with racism that you don't even realize the decisions the president you root for is destroying the country you claim to love so much .You are a perfect example on no matter how educated or smart you think you are you still a SHEEP!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/451/801/966.png)
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to defend Cardi (shown below). The tweet[4] accumulated 22,339 retweets and 173,515 likes that day.
![AOC Reacts to Tomi Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC Why do people think they can mess with Bronx women without getting roasted? They act as though our borough hasn't been perfecting the clapback game since the Sugarhill Gang y'all just found it on Twitter](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/451/800/0f7.png)
Lahren then attacked Ocasio-Cortez with a tweet that gained 4,320 retweets and 9,257 likes (shown below).
![Tomi Reacts to AOC Tomi Lahren TomiLahren Aren't you the same girl who whines about Trump inciting violence? Now you applaud it because it's against a female conservative you disagree with politically? Convenient P.S. I do fully acknowledge @iamcardib is smarter than YOU](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/451/815/53c.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – Chuck Schumer
[3] Twitter – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
[4] Twitter – Tomi Lahren
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