Tara Setmayer

SiriusXM Guest Host

Tara Setmayer is a former CNN political commentator, contributor to ABC News and former GOP Communications Director on Capitol Hill. She's appeared numerous times on ABC's The View as a guest host, contributed to ABC's Good Morning America and Nightline programs and has joined HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. She regularly appears as an on air commentator on MSNBC and other various news outlets.

On January 9th, 2020, Setmayer was named as a Harvard Institute of Politics Spring 2020 Resident Fellow. Also in January 2020, she joined The Lincoln Project as a senior advisor and hosts the live show "The Breakdown" along side co-founder Rick Wilson, on the organization's streaming channel, LPTV.

Setmayer currently serves as a University of Virginia, Center for Politics, Resident Scholar for the 2023-24 academic year. In collaboration with the Center for Politics, she narrated the Emmy nominated 3-part documentary, Dismantling Democracy which aired nationally on PBS stations in September 2020 and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

After spending 27 years with the Republican Party, Setmayer publicly left the GOP in November 2020 after Donald Trump refused to concede the election to Joe Biden after losing the electoral vote. She now identifies as a conservative independent.

Setmayer focuses her "tell it like it is" commentary and analysis on political issues that impact America's democracy. During the 2016 presidential election cycle, she earned the reputation of being an outspoken conservative critic of Donald Trump and challenged his surrogates on the veracity of their claims. Vulture.com recognized her as one of 2016's "Top 20 Election Coverage Stars" on TV. She continued her fierce commentary and pro-democracy advocacy during the 2020 election to help support the election of President Joe Biden and defeat Donald Trump. That work continues into the 2024 election cycle.

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