Loesch was raised by her mother , Gale , in an extended family of Southern Baptists . She has said she had a Cherokee ancestor who was removed from their land on the Trail of Tears as well as a paternal grandmother of Irish descent . She graduated from Fox High School in Arnold , Missouri . She later attended St. Louis Community College at Meramec before transferring to Webster University to study journalism on scholarship . While there , she was a Democrat and worked on Bill Clinton 's reelection campaign . Following a pregnancy , Loesch dropped out of college and married , having her first child when she was 21 . Loesch became disillusioned with Democratic politics after the Clinton – Lewinsky scandal and fully rejected them after the September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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