Tomi Lahren gained attention for her views on Colin Kaepernick with a Facebook video in August, which has now racked up 66 million views. The conservative political commentator has several other videos that have gone viral, making her an internet star of sorts.
"The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah invited her to speak on the Comedy Central program and she agreed to do so. The two hosts, with completely opposing viewpoints, debated about several topics on Wednesday night's show, and eventually Kaepernick came up.
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Here is, in part, what she said:
“Why would you take out your perceived oppression of black people out on the national anthem and our flag, a country you live in, a country you benefit from, a country that people of all races have died for, have died to protect, have died for the vote, died to be enfranchised by this nation, how do you then go and disrespect the flag and the anthem of that country?