President Donald Trump took to Twitter to offer a resounding endorsement of Fox News pundit Tomi Lahren on Wednesday morning after someone threw a drink at her at a bar over the weekend.
Lahren, the 25-year-old pundit known for her staunch conservative takes, had the drink thrown at her while having brunch with her parents in Minneapolis.
Videos from the incident show Lahren getting into a heated exchange with a patron of the restaurant.
Whoever threw this drink at Tomi Lahren, thank you pic.twitter.com/RJE8xTDMZ3
— 𝑰 𝑳𝒖𝒉 𝑮𝒐𝒅 ✨ (@aVeryRichBish) May 21, 2018
On Wednesday morning she discussed the incident on Fox & Friends—presumably prompting Trump’s response on Twitter, as the president is known to tweet after watching the talk show program.
“We were just enjoying brunch after I did a show the night before and unfortunately there was a group of people probably around my age that thought it would be funny to throw water at me and then start chanting profanity,” she told the Fox & Friends hosts, adding: “This was something that was embarrassing for me, and embarrassing for my family… But I’m tough, my family is tough, we can handle it.”
The segment seemed to touch a nerve with the president, who decided to offer his support for her to his Twitter following.
“Everybody is with Tomi Lahren, a truly outstanding and respected young woman! @foxandfriends,” the president wrote.
Lahren responded by quote retweeting the president and adding an American flag emoji.