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’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.
“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 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.
“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.
“[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 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.
“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.
“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.
“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 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.