In July of 2015, a video of her commentary concerning 2015 Chattanooga shootings became widely distributed video and also garnered an international press. In addition to this event, Tomi caused a smaller wave of the press attention on march of same year when she made her appearance at an annual Conservational Political Action conference and deflected the stereotype of Republicans as old rich, white males by comparing them to top Democratic presidential candidates as Joe Biden, Hillary, Elizabeth Warren.