Dana Loesch

Born:September 28, 1978 (age 45)

Dana Loesch is a talk show host and political commentator who served as a spokesperson for the National Rifle Association from 2017 to 2019.

Loesch was born on September 28, 1978, in Missouri. She attended St. Louis Community College at Meramec and Webster University, but did not graduate.

After leaving college, Loesch wrote investigative news articles for St. Louis Magazine and began a website about her life as a homeschooling mom that ran as a weekly column in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, she launched a radio show that became nationally syndicated, "The Dana Show: The Conservative Alternative." In 2009, she co-founded the St. Louis Tea Party, but left the organization in December 2011. In October 2010, she was hired as editor-in-chief of Big Journalism, a conservative website created by Andrew Breitbart. In February 2011, CNN hired her as a political analyst for its 2012 election coverage. From 2014 to 2017, she hosted a daily TV show, "Dana," on TheBlaze TV. She has been a frequent guest on Fox News, CNN and ABC.

Loesch was a national spokesperson for the National Rifle Association from 2017 to 2019. She also hosted "The DL" on NRATV and has appeared in several NRA-produced videos.

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