30 Facts About Tammy Bruce

Tammy K Bruce was born on August 20,1962 and is an American conservative radio host, author, and political commentator.

Tammy Bruce serves as spokesperson for the United States Department of State in the second Trump administration.

Tammy K Bruce was born on August 20,1962 in Northridge, California.

Tammy Bruce went to Ventura High School, where she lasted only two weeks.

Tammy Bruce subsequently took the California Proficiency Exam and passed.

Tammy Bruce holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Southern California.

Tammy Bruce moved back to Los Angeles and worked as a personal secretary for Brenda Benet until 1982.

Tammy Bruce later worked for Gloria Loring and her then-husband, Alan Thicke.

Tammy Bruce worked in electronic publicity, creating video news releases and press kits to distribute to news organizations.

For seven years, Tammy Bruce served as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women.

Tammy Bruce was the youngest woman at the time to lead a major chapter of NOW.

In May 1996, Tammy Bruce resigned as president of Los Angeles NOW.

Tammy Bruce claimed that the censure was due to her focus on domestic violence, as opposed to defense attorney Johnnie Cochran's "racial issues" trial argument.

Since then, Tammy Bruce has written about the dispute in her critique on what she sees as the failings of NOW and the political left in general.

Tammy Bruce has said that the feminist establishment in the US has abandoned authentic feminism.

Tammy Bruce resigned from NOW five months later, in May 1996.

In 1997, Tammy Bruce hosted an overnight weekend talk show on KFI.

Tammy Bruce hosted a national radio program on Talk Radio Network throughout much of the 2000s.

In 2003, Tammy Bruce was appointed to serve on California Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's transition team following his successful recall election against Governor Gray Davis.

Tammy Bruce has been a Democrat and a liberal activist, but later became a conservative.

Tammy Bruce returned to Talk Radio Network in November 2012 as a guest host during the move of The Laura Ingraham Show from TRN to Courtside Entertainment Group.

In 2014, Tammy Bruce created a short video for the conservative YouTube channel Prager University in which she summarized her criticisms of the contemporary feminist movement.

Tammy Bruce was the subject of controversy in May 2017, when appearing as a guest on Fox News show Tucker Carlson Tonight.

Tammy Bruce criticized an autistic child for asking Vice President Mike Pence for an apology when he accidentally brushed the young boy in the face.

In December 2018, Tammy Bruce appeared on Fox News to criticize the decision of one Scottish coffee shop to call "gingerbread men" "gingerbread people".

Tammy Bruce characterized the decision by the coffee shop as "the tipping point" in policing free speech.

In January 2025, Donald Trump announced that Tammy Bruce would be named as Spokesperson for the United States Department of State in his second administration.

At the age of 17, Tammy Bruce commenced a romantic partnership with 34-year-old actress Brenda Benet.

At the time, Tammy Bruce was employed as Benet's personal secretary.

Tammy Bruce made her film debut in the short feature film 2081, and appeared in the 2011 documentary The Undefeated.