Fox News hires pro-choice pundit Tomi Lahren
Is a story breaking news if it's felt inevitable for months?
Tomi Lahren is headed to Fox News as a contributor, where she will now get to shout various right-wing things to a much larger (and largely friendly) audience, reports Variety.
Lahren will make her Fox debut on Wednesday on anchor Sean Hannity's show, where Lahren fans are likely to find her for months to come.
Lahren also shared a Facebook post announcing her new role.
The announcement shows that Lahren's social media stardom has officially translated to the mainstream, despite being fired from her earlier platform on Glenn Beck's The Blaze.
Lahren got canned after expressing a pro-choice opinion on The View in March, but her fame had never been tethered to any particular conservative outlet.
Lahren's Facebook page has nearly 4.5 million likes on the platform. She also has more than 700,000 followers on Twitter. Additionally, her "Final Thoughts" videos have wracked up millions upon millions of views.
That social media staying power has led her to the TV ranting promised land. Who knows where she'll go from there.
Colin is Mashable's US & World Reporter. He previously interned at Foreign Policy magazine and The American Prospect. Colin is a graduate from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. When he's not at Mashable, you can most likely find him eating or playing some kind of sport.
