Michele Tafoya dishes on pivot from NFL sideline to politics, ‘The View,’ and what she’s willing to fight for

The sports reporter discusses why she is getting involved in politics on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'

Longtime sports journalist Michele Tafoya recently walked away from NBC’s "Sunday Night Football" to "try to be part of the solution and not part of the problem" after the pro-choice conservative found that too many people with right-of-center ideology are too afraid to speak out. 

"I can’t tell you how many people tell me, ‘I’m just shutting my mouth, I don’t wanna get in trouble.’ Getting in trouble for something you believe in the United States of America? That is astonishing and scary. I'm not afraid of many things, but that people feel afraid to speak, or share their beliefs, because there might be ramifications at their place of work, or within their social circles. That scares the hell out of me and I will fight that every step of the way for both sides," Tafoya told Fox News Digital.

Longtime sports journalist Michele Tafoya recently walked away from NBC’s "Sunday Night Football."   (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) ((Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images))

"All the divisions in this country are factored into me wanting to try to be part of the solution and not part of the problem," she said. "I was looking to get involved politically, socially, public service, that kind of thing. I wanted to change my direction. If I wanted to stay in sports television, I’d still be at NBC Sports."

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Tafoya, who also worked at ESPN before her decade-long run at NBC Sports, feels conservative, and even moderate, political views aren’t typically represented in sports media. However, she has noticed that many liberals in the field are allowed to