Michele Tafoya
ON THE RECORD · 13 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“ready for a change.”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22
Michele Tafoya described voter sentiment in Minnesota regarding the fraud scandal.
“I didn’t think he should run again because I thought we needed a more conventional kind of candidate. Clearly, I was wrong.”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya explained during a 2025 Fox News appearance that she had since changed her view on Trump running again.
“Thank God for voices like JK Rowling and Riley Gaines and others. I don’t care if the male is intact or was born a male – they don’t belong in a women’s locker room, they don’t belong on a women’s team.”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya praised JK Rowling and Riley Gaines while arguing against trans athletes' inclusion in women's sports during a 2024 OutKick appearance.
“[White people have] been doing that since the Civil War,”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya said this in response to Whoopi Goldberg's suggestion that white people need to take more accountability for institutional racism, during her 2021 guest-hosting stint on The View.
“I think all of us can agree that there is probably a lot to this story we still don’t know,”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya said this while arguing with Sunny Hostin about Colin Kaepernick's release from the NFL during her second day guest hosting The View in 2021, prompting audience jeers.
“Oh, you’re going to groan at me?”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya shot back this remark after the studio audience jeered her comments about Colin Kaepernick during her 2021 appearance on The View.
“I had my own little Trump protest,”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya referenced her 2022 open letter urging Trump not to run again during a 2025 Fox News appearance.
“I believe my position – aligned with Trump, respectful of the Dobbs decision, and firmly opposed to taxpayer funding – helps broaden the coalition of support, particularly with independents and others who seek middle ground,”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya wrote this on her campaign website explaining her position on abortion access up to 12 weeks.
“This whole thing is insanity,”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya made this remark about trans athletes during a 2024 appearance on OutKick.
“I have talked to hundreds of voters in Minnesota who have told me, ‘Gosh, I went on vacation this summer. I didn’t want to tell people where I was from because it’s embarrassing.’ And it’s true.”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya made this claim about Minnesotans' fatigue with progressive causes during a recent Fox News appearance.
“the flu kills people too”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya said this while sparring with Joy Behar over vaccinations during her 2021 guest-hosting debut on The View amid rising Covid fatalities.
“It reflects both principle and pragmatism as well as the political reality of this issue.”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya wrote this on her campaign website in defense of her abortion policy stance.
“I’m not saying they’re perfect.”
Michele Tafoya · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tafoya added this remark immediately after discussing racial accountability during her 2021 appearance on The View.